BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD TAXI ASSOC. v. DEPT. OF PUB. UTIL.


410 Mass. 686 (1991)

575 N.E.2d 52

BOSTON NEIGHBORHOOD TAXI ASSOCIATION vs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES & others (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Quinn for Boston Neighborhood Taxi Association.

William M. Cloran for City of Boston Cab Association.

Thomas A. Barnico, Assistant Attorney General, for Department of Public Utilities.

Stephen S. Ostrach for Robert K.M. Lynch, intervener.

Stephen H. Clark, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for the city of Boston, intervener.

Elizabeth R. OuYang, for Massachusetts Coalition of Citizens with Disabilities & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH & GREANEY, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

The Boston Neighborhood Taxi Association (BNTA) and City of Boston Cab Association (CBCA), both organizations representing current taxi license owners, appeal an order of the Department of Public Utilities (department) authorizing the police commissioner of the city of Boston (commissioner) to issue additional hackney licenses. We affirm the order in part, and reverse in part.

Statute 1930, c. 392, as amended by St. 1933, c. 306, and by St. 1934...

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