Ricotta v. City of Buffalo

This action was commenced by the plaintiffs, respectively the operator and owner of an “ independent ’ ’ taxicab duly licensed as such by the defendant, City of Buffalo, to obtain a declaratory judgment determining the contract between the defendants, City of Buffalo and Van Dyke Taxi and Transfer, Inc., for an exclusive taxicab concession at the Buffalo Municipal Airport is null and void, and that its enforcement against the plaintiffs should be enjoined. The plaintiffs’ contention that the contract between the defendants city and Van Dyke is illegal and unenforcible against them, as duly…