WOOLEN v. SURTRAN TAXICABS, INC.

Civ. A. No. CA-3-78-1609-G.

461 F.Supp. 1025 (1978)

John WOOLEN, Jack T. Stephens, and John D. Campisi, Individually and as Class Action Plaintiffs, v. SURTRAN TAXICABS, INC., City of Dallas, Texas, City of Fort Worth, Texas, City of Irving, Texas, and City of Grapevine, Texas.

United States District Court, N. D. Texas, Dallas Division.

November 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tom Thomas and Robert F. Maris of Kolodey & Thomas, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

B. Thomas McElroy of White, McElroy & White, Dallas, Tex., for Surtran Taxicabs, Inc.

Lee E. Holt, City Atty., Joseph G. Werner, Kent S. Hofmeister, Asst. City Attys., Dallas, Tex., for City of Dallas, Tex.

Arthur Petersen, City Atty., David Williams, Jim Lollar, Asst. City Attys., Richard Henderson, City of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Tex., for City of Fort Worth, Tex.

Don J. Rorschach, City Atty., City of Irving, Irving, Tex., for City of Irving, Tex.

John F. Boyle, Jr., of Hutchison, Price, Boyle & Brooks, Dallas, Tex., for City of Grapevine, Tex.


MEMORANDUM ORDER AND OPINION

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

Nature of the Case

Before the opening of the Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport in 1974, the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, as owners of the airport, established by contract the D/FW Surtran System for the purpose of providing ground transportation for the airport. The system, apparently a joint venture, then implemented its responsibility to provide taxi service to...

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