If the case is successful, transit agencies could be stripped of authority, granted by the state, to ask riders for evidence they’d tapped their ORCA cards or bought a ticket.
SEATTLE — The Washington state Supreme Court will consider whether fare enforcement on public transit represents an unconstitutional incursion into passengers’ right to privacy.
The implications for Sound Transit, King County Metro’s RapidRide routes, Snohomish County’s Community Transit and other agencies that employ fare enforcement officers are significant. But for Tobin Klusty, attorney for Meredith, a rejection of the case — which is being supported by the ACLU of Washington, King County Department of Public Defense and the Washington Defender Association — would signal an endorsement of unlawful search and seizures by law enforcement officers.
The court of appeals said Meredith had consented to the officers’ questioning by boarding the bus in the first place.
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