Legal Opinion
American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 17, 2006No. 05-1650PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Commercial truckers who cross the many bridges that connect New Jersey and Pennsylvania have turned to the federal courts in this action to complain that the tolls being charged on certain of those bridges are excessive. The truckers seek to invoke federal jurisdiction under 33 U.S.C. § 508, a provision that calls for bridge tolls to be “just and reasonable.” We must decide at the threshold whether the truckers have a private right of action under § 508 to maintain this suit. After reviewing the language of § 508 as well as the factors in Cort v. Ash, 422 U.S. 66, 95…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006