Legal Opinion
Automobile Club of New York, Inc. v. Port Authority
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 10, 1989No. 1281, Docket 89-7267PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Chief Judge:
The issue in this case is whether the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey may subsidize the operations of its Port Authority Trans-Hudson (“PATH”) Railroad with revenues collected from tolls on its bridges and tunnels. The subsidy is achieved by including PATH in the rate base of the tolls that the Port Authority charges on its bridges and tunnels. The question is then whether the bridge tolls are “just and reasonable,” as required by section 135(i) of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1987, 33 U.S.C. § 508 (Supp. V 1987).
The Automobile Club of New York and five AAA…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Sendhabhai Patel v. Dr. Alex Wargo, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Karavos Compania Naviera S. A. v. Atlantica Export Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Patrick Feeney v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1989
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