Legal Opinion
Hightower v. City of Boston
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 2012No. 11-2281PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This case presents an as-applied and a purported facial attack on the Massachusetts statutory and administrative scheme for revoking licenses for the carrying of firearms. The district court entered summary judgment dismissing the claims. Hightower v. City of Boston, 822 F.Supp.2d 38, 65-66 (D.Mass.2011).
Stacey Hightower is a former Boston Police officer who, during many of her years of service from 1998 to 2008, had a broad Class A license which permitted her to carry and to conceal a large capacity firearm, in addition to her Boston Police Department (BPD) service gun.…
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