Flaherty v. Allegheny Port Authority

Opinion by

Mb. Chief Justice Jones,

Plaintiffs, individually and as mayors of thirteen metropolitan Pittsburgh municipalities,1 filed this action in equity seeking a preliminary injunction against construction of the rapid mass transit project known as the “Early Action Program” (“Early Action”). The preliminary injunction hearing commenced on January 19, 1972, before the Honorable Anne X. Alpern and, after sixty-nine days of hearings lasting until May 8, 1972, Judge Alpern issued a preliminary injunction. A final hearing was conducted on September 11-15, 1972, and a decree nisi granting the…