Civil Rights
Block on Trump's Asylum Ban Upheld by Supreme Court
Denial of plaintiffs' petition for writ of mandate in their challenge of the use by defendant-Metropolitan Transportation Agency (MTA) of a statutory rate-setting exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is affirmed where: 1) the administrative record contains substantial evidence that MTA's fare increase was enacted for one or more permissible purposes under Pub. Resources Code section 21080(b)(8); and 2) the MTA's findings satisfy the specificity requirement in that provision.
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Read Bus Riders Union v. Los Angeles County Metro. Transp. Agency, No. B212145 [PDF]
Filed November 10, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Boren
Counsel
For Appellant: Natural Resources Defense Council, David Pettit, Tim Grabiel
For Appellee: Jones Day, Elwood Lui, Brian D. Hershman, Brian M. Hoffstadt, Erica L. Reilley
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