Friends of the Earth v. Hugh Carey

MANSFIELD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of the efforts of a group of the country’s leading environmental and citizens’ groups to enjoin and roll back the increase in New York City transit fares from 50 cents to 35 cents per ride and to enforce the “clean air” provisions of the Transportation Control Plan for the Metropolitan New York City Area (“the Plan”), which have long been approved pursuant to the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1970, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1857, et seq. (“the Act”). Defendants include the State and City of New York and named officials of both governmental entities as well as…