believe you missed the boat on the real reason why the senate funding bill contained that requirement.  the funding bill is providing only the 2.4 billion needed to complete the 20 mile route and 21 stations as planned.  and the legislature did not want to provide one penny more since they wanted to strictly control costs.  hence, any recovery that the city would get should the lawsuit be successful, must be deducted from the total proceeds provided in the funding bill otherwise, the city will be receiving a windfall, which if added to the funds provided in the bill, would be greater than what the legislature wanted to provide.   believe this is fair and reasonable and your viewpoint is totally misguided.