Labor/Community Strategy Center v. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

263 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2001) LABOR/COMMUNITY STRATEGY CENTER; BUS RIDERS UNION; SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE OF GREATER LOS ANGELES COUNTY; KOREN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES; MARIA GUARDADO; RICARDO ZELADA; NOEMI ZELADA; PEARL DANIELS, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, AND HENRY FREDERICK RAMEY, JR.; O. HOWARD WATTS; WILLIAM TUT HAYES; VICTOR DIBAS, PLAINTIFFS-INTERVENORS, v. LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT, and FRANKLIN E. WHITE, MTA CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITIES; JOSEPH NMI DREW, MTA ACTING CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER IN HIS INDIVIDUAL AND OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, DEFENDANTS. No. 99-56581 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted May 2, 2000 Filed August 31, 2001 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] Shirley M. Hufstedler, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant. E. Richard Larson, Naacp Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Los Angeles, California for the plaintiffs-appellees. Raul F. Salinas, Alvarado, Smith & Sanchez, for the amicus. Robert Garcia, Environmental Defense Fund; Joel Reynolds, Natural Resources Defense Council,…