Equal Protection/Takings Clauses • Transport Network Companies • Disparate Treatment
Checker Cab Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Parking Authority et al, PICS Case No. 17-0946 (E.D. Pa. June 6, 2017) Baylson, J. (17 pages).
The plaintiff taxi cab operators sufficiently alleged claims under the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection and takings clauses where they claimed the Philadelphia Parking Authority engaged in disparate treatment by heavily regulating traditional taxis while failing to regulate transport network companies such as Uber and Lyft and asserted that taxi operators had a property right in their medallions. The court denied in part defendants’ motion to dismiss.
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