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CASWELL v. LICENSING COMMISSION FOR BROCKTON

387 Mass. 864 (1983)

444 N.E.2d 922

FRANK E. CASWELL vs. LICENSING COMMISSION FOR BROCKTON.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 11, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Valerie L. Pawson (Ira H. Zaleznik with her) for the plaintiff.

Mark G. Cerel for Licensing Commission for Brockton.

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, & Scott A. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

David W. Maher & James A. Klenk, for Amusement Game Manufacturers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & LYNCH, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiff, Frank E. Caswell, commenced an action for declaratory relief and for relief in the nature of certiorari against the defendant, the licensing commission for the city of Brockton (commission). Caswell's complaint sought review of the commission's denial, under G.L.c. 140, § 177A,1 of Caswell's application for licenses for seventy-five coin-operated electronic amusement games, commonly known as video games...

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