Boston Taxi Owners Ass'n. v. City of Boston

MEMORANDUM & ORDER

GORTON, Judge.

Boston Taxi Owners Association, Inc. and taxi medallion holders, Steven Goldberg and Joseph Pierre (collectively, “plaintiffs”), allege that the City of Boston and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans (“defendants”) violated their equal protection rights by not applying the same regulatory framework to taxicabs and so-called transportation network companies (“TNCs”).

Defendants have filed a motion 1) to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims for declaratory and injunctive relief and 2) for judgment on the pleadings with respect to the equal protection and monetary…