Stop Transit Over People, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners of Dade County

Appellants herein brought suit against the Dade County Board of County Commissioners and others to prevent the sale and closing of $48.4 million in Dade County “Decade of Progress” General Obligation Bonds, Series G. The bonds are to be used primarily to implement construction of a “unified transportation system” for Dade County. The major feature of the proposed system will be a 16.5 mile long elevated steel-on-steel railway.

The allegations of the complaint were essentially as follows: (1) that the sale of the bonds would be premature since Dade County does not have a binding legal…