Universal Interpretive Shuttle Corp. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission

The Secretary of the Interior is responsible for maintaining our national parks, and for providing facilities and services for their public enjoyment through concessionaires or otherwise.1 In meeting this responsibility, he has contracted for petitioner to conduct guided tours of the Mall, a grassy park located in the center of the City of Washington and studded with national monuments and museums. Visitors to the Mall may board petitioner’s open "minibuses” which travel among the various points of interest at speeds under 10 miles per hour. Guides on the buses and at certain stationary…