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A Mecklenburg Superior Court judge Monday ruled against a local taxi cab company's request for an injunction to stop the city of Charlotte from awarding airport contracts to three different companies.
King Cab was seeking a preliminary injunction to stop the city from moving forward with the selection process.
King Cab was originally one of three companies recommended by a four-person selection committee for exclusive contracts to serve Charlotte/Douglas Airport.
But City Manager Curt Walton recommended against awarding a contract to King because two of its owners pleaded guilty to felonies in 2006.
Walton wants to award the contracts to Crown Cab, Taxi USA and City Cab.
Attorney Monroe Whitesides, who is representing Kashmary Enterprises, which owns King Cab, said judge Lane Williamson ruled that the city could award the contract to whoever it wanted.
"The judge read everything and found that....(the city) can follow whatever process they deem appropriate," Whitesides said.
Whitesides said he disagreed with the ruling, and that King Cab is still seeking a permanent injunction against the contracts being awarded. The City Council is scheduled to vote on the contracts June 13.
King Cab part-owners Javed Kashmary served almost three months in federal prison in Beckley, W.V., for identification document fraud, and Naheed Kashmary served 14 months in federal prison in Gilmer, W.V., for transaction structuring, a financial crime.
