Legal Opinion
United States Trust Co. of NY v. New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1977No. 75-1687PublishedCited by 1,216 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
This case presents a challenge to a New Jersey statute, 1974 N. J. Laws, c. 25, as violative of the Contract Clause1 of the United States Constitution. That statute, together with a concurrent and parallel New York statute, 1974 N. Y. Laws, c. 993, repealed a statutory covenant made by the two States in 1962 that had limited the ability of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey2 to subsidize rail passenger transportation from revenues and reserves.
The suit, one for declaratory relief, was instituted by appellant United States Trust Company of New York in the Superior Court of New…
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