Word: suits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delegates, including representatives from the Red Line Alert, a citizens group which has filed suit against extension by the MBTA, is trying "to reestablish communication with the MBTA," Bernard Flynn, administrative assistant to Danehy, said yesterday...
...City Council voted last month to join the Red Line Alert's injunction suit--now pending in federal distrcit court--despite a letter from MBTA chairman Robert Kiley warning that court battles might jeopardize nearly half a billion dollars in UMTA funds earmarked for the project...
...separate meetings of the faculty and the student body, Tosteson reaffirmed his personal commitment to a strong minority admissions committee, but said the risk of suit made changes necessary...
This summer the Navajo tribe won a major court victory when a Federal District Court judge in Phoenix upheld the indians' rights to tax non-indians in a suit filed by the owners of the Navajo Generating Station. The Judge side-stepped the issue of alleged violation of the leases, deferring the matter to the Secretary of the Interior. He also dismissed--without prejudice--the suit against the Sulphur Emissions Charge, because it has not yet been approved by the Secretary of the Interior...
...Navajos are fighting a similar court battle in a Federal District Court in a suit filed by the owners and operators of Four Corners Power Plant. If the Phoenix and the Albuquerque decisions conflict, the suits will be appealed to the Supreme Court, which will decide the question of Indians' rights to tax non-indians. Should the Supreme Court rule in favor of the indians, approximately 60% the country's uranium, 30% of the nation's coal, and the significant amounts of the country's oil and gas which are on indian lands could be subject to taxation and increased...