Weiner v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

OpinioN by

President Judge Crumlish,

Before us is the appeal of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). The Philadelphia Common Pleas Court enjoined the implementation of tariffs containing increases in fares voted by SEPTA’S Board on June 25,1980, and scheduled to he effective at 12:01 a.m. on July 1, 1980. We affirm the Court below until the convening of the SEPTA Board meeting as mandated by our Legislature and dictated by the corresponding Order of this Court.

After hearings were held on five consecutive nights in May of 1980 in Philadelphia, Norristown, Upper Darby,…