Legal Opinion
Gillespie v. City of Northampton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 14, 2011PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this case, brought pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, § 14, and G. L. c. 231 A, we are asked to decide whether the imposition of $275 in filing fees to obtain judicial review of a final decision of a municipal parking clerk regarding a parking citation offends the Massachusetts Constitution. Vincent Gillespie and Edward Hamel, the plaintiffs, each dispute the validity of parking citations received in the city of Northampton. They appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court that the statutory scheme that imposes such fees for review of a municipal parking clerk’s adjudication of the citation,…
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