Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Auditor of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) appeals from a decision by the Superior Court allowing the Auditor of the Commonwealth’s (Auditor’s) motion for judgment on the pleadings. See Mass. R. Civ. R 56 (b) (1), 365 Mass. 824 (1974). On appeal, the MBTA argues that the Auditor’s objections to a proposed contract between the MBTA *784and a private corporation, Outdoor Systems, Inc. (Outdoor Systems), did not meet the procedural and substantive standards of G. L. c. 7, §§ 54 and 55. The MBTA also argues that G. L. c. 7, § 55 (a), is unconstitutional. We conclude the judge did not err…