Legal Opinion
David B. Cohen v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 21, 1981No. 81-1211PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is a representative action brought by four members of the general public, riders of the “T”, the rapid transit, bus, and general transit system serving metropolitan Boston operated by the principal defendant, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), a political subdivision of the Commonwealth. 1 Other defendants are the MBTA’s Chairman, the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation, the Administrator of the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA), and UMTA’s designate Regional Director for the Boston region. The suit’s…
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