Carey Transportation, Inc. v. Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

Chief Judge Breitel.

In this declaratory judgment action brought by a franchised airport omnibus line, Carey, it attacks as unlawfully discriminatory bridge and tunnel toll rates imposed by the Authority. Defendant is a public authority created by the State to build, operate, and maintain various tunnels and bridges crossing the waterways separating parts of New York City. It is empowered by statute to fix its tolls and charges. Carey once sought in the action to apply principles of equal protection of the law but now, less ambitiously, would have applied standards of rate fixation, like those…