Legal Opinion
McLaughlin v. City of Lowell
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided October 23, 2015No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-10270-DPWPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
DOUGLAS P. WOODLOCK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The City of Lowell, Massachusetts, considers itself to have a problem with panhandling. Many officials, residents, and local stakeholders have come to believe that panhandling been becoming more common and that panhandlers have become more aggressive. In response, in 2013 the City passed an ordinance, Lowell Code § 222-15 (“the Ordinance”), to limit panhandling in the city;, the Ordinance has, since been amended twice. As, it currently stands, the Ordinance -bans all vocal panhandling in Lowell’s .downtown, and bans what are…
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