Legal Opinion

CHIEF OF POLICE OF SOUTHBOROUGH v. PAUL A. DWIGGINS & Others

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided April 2, 2025No. 23-P-1474Published

1Opinion of the Court

APPEALS COURT

CHIEF OF POLICE OF SOUTHBOROUGH vs. PAUL A. DWIGGINS & others[1]

Docket:

23-P-1474

Dates:

September 17, 2024 – April 2, 2025

Present:

Rubin, Desmond, & Singh, JJ.

County:

Worcester

Keywords:

Firearms. License. Practice, Civil, Judgment on the pleadings, Judicial review of license to carry firearms, Action in nature of certiorari.

Civil action commenced in the Superior Court Department on July 7, 2021.

The case was heard by James M. Manitsas, J., on a motion for judgment on the pleadings.

Jason R. Talerman for the plaintiff.

Sydney C. Sheerin for Paul A. Dwiggins.

RUBIN, J. This case involves…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ruggiero v. Police Commissioner of BostonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
  2. Godfrey v. Chief of Police of WellesleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
  3. Chief of Police of the City of Worcester v. HoldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  4. MacNutt v. Police CommissionerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
  5. Nichols v. Chief of Police of NatickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019

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