Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Advisory Board v. Governor

The plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against assessments upon cities and towns in the *25Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) district. The assessments are attributable to expenditures by the MBTA in 1979, and the plaintiffs claim that certain of the expenditures were illegal because in excess of the budget approved by the MBTA Advisory Board (Advisory Board). We hold that the plaintiffs are not entitled to relief.

1. The proceedings. The plaintiffs are the Advisory Board and a number of the cities and towns in the MBTA district. The complaint was filed in the…