Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 12, 2012PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The issue presented in this case is whether the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority (authority) lawfully was permitted to use toll revenues collected from users of tolled roads and tunnels in the Metropolitan Highway System (MHS) to pay for overhead, maintenance, and capital costs associated with the MHS’s nontolled roads, bridges, and tunnels. We conclude that it was.4
Background. Before 1997, the authority owned and operated the Massachusetts Turnpike (turnpike),5 the Boston extension of the turnpike,6 and the Sumner and Callahan Tunnels, which cross under Boston Harbor to connect downtown…
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