GODFREY v. CHIEF OF POLICE OF WELLESLEY

No. 91-P-1460.

35 Mass. App. Ct. 42 (1993)

616 N.E.2d 485

PATRICK T. GODFREY vs. CHIEF OF POLICE OF WELLESLEY.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

July 27, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis R. Brown for the plaintiff.

Albert S. Robinson, Town Counsel, for the defendant.

Present: PERRETTA, FINE, & JACOBS, JJ.


PERRETTA, J.

When the plaintiff, Patrick T. Godfrey, refused to cooperate with the Wellesley police in their investigation of recent random shootings, the defendant, the chief of police (chief), revoked his license to carry firearms. Godfrey sought judicial review of the revocation in the District Court pursuant to G.L.c. 140, § 131. The judge found that the chief had not abused the discretion conferred upon ...

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