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- August 24, 2009 - Toll Equity Trust Files Petition to Force Turnpike to Stop Illegal Big Dig Toll Diversion
Allege Superior Court Ruling Based Upon “Clear Errors” of Constitutional Law
- June 26, 2009 - Governor Patrick, Legislature Boldly Stand for Toll Equity:
Turnpike Trust Leaders Hail New Law For Basic Fairness
"Governor Deval Patrick today ended 11 years of toll inequity by signing a landmark transportation reform bill which includes a provision guaranteeing toll equity in the Commonwealth."
- June 17, 2009 - Statement from Scott Harshbarger, co-trustee of the Massachusetts Turnpike Toll Equity Trust
"The people of the Commonwealth and the cause of equity among drivers scored a huge victory tonight with the embrace of toll fairness by the transportation reform conference committee."
- June 12, 2009 - Statement from Attorney Jan Schlichtmann on behalf of the Massachusetts Turnpike Toll Equity Trust
"We are pleased that the Turnpike Authority has clearly established to the Court that it has a stunning amount of assets, in excess of $7 billion, which are more than sufficient to repay toll payers who have unfairly borne the burden of the Big Dig..."
- June 5, 2009 - Toll Equity Class Action Gains Momentum, Key Support
Former Attorney General Harshbarger named Trustee,
former Romney Legal Counsel Winslow and Prominent
International Law Firm Join Legal Team