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LYNCH v. POLICE COMMISSIONER OF BOSTON

No. 96-P-1645.

43 Mass. App. Ct. 107 (1997)

ROBERT K. M. LYNCH v. POLICE COMMISSIONER of BOSTON.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaDonna J. Hatton for the police commissioner of Boston.

Todd S. Brilliant for the plaintiff.

Present: DREBEN, GILLERMAN, & LAURENCE, JJ.

LAURENCE, J.

This appeal represents another phase of the protracted wrangle that began in 1988 when the plaintiff, Robert K. M. Lynch, applied to the defendant police commissioner of the city of Boston for a license (or "medallion") to operate taxicabs (technically "hackneys") in the city. The commissioner denied Lynch's request because the maximum number of approved medallions (1,525, as set in 1934) had already been issued. Lynch appealed to the Department of Public...

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