HIGHTOWER v. CITY OF BOSTON

Civil Action No. 08-11955-DJC.

822 F.Supp.2d 38 (2011)

Stacey HIGHTOWER, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF BOSTON, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

September 29, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Gura, Sidley & Austin, Washington, DC, Chester Darling, Andover, MA, for Plaintiff.

Lisa Skehill Maki, City of Boston Law Department, Ian D. Prior, Nicole I. Taub, Boston Police Department, Boston, MA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CASPER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Stacey Hightower ("Hightower") has brought this suit alleging that the Massachusetts statutory scheme for determining whether to issue a license to carry a firearm, Mass. Gen. L. c. 140, § 131, both on its face and as applied by Defendants, the City of Boston and Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis ("BPD Commissioner") (collectively, "Municipal Defendants"),...

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