Krivitsky v. Town of Westerly

OPINION

The propriety of a Superior Court writ of mandamus — one that required a municipality to issue a license for the operation of a helicopter-ride business in that town — is the issue that gives us a whirl on this appeal. The defendant, the Town of Westerly (town), appeals from the granting of this writ of mandamus. The writ directed the town clerk to issue a class III amusement license to the plaintiff, Don Krivitsky d/b/a Coastline Copters (Coastline), so that Coastline could provide helicopter rides to the public in the town’s Misquamicut Beach area. We ordered the parties to show…