Lynch v. Police Commissioner

Robert K. M. Lynch appeals from a judgment dismissing his complaint for contempt against the police commissioner of the city of Boston (commissioner). The complaint alleged that the commissioner had improperly failed to comply with a prior order directing him to implement a process for the issuance of an additional 260 hackney medallions (also known *773as taxicab licenses) determined by the Department of Public Utilities (department) to be needed in Boston. We affirm the dismissal.

Facts.1 The present contempt action is the latest in a series of proceedings which began in the late 1980’s. At that…