Legal Opinion
MacNutt v. Police Commissioner
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided June 5, 1991No. 89-P-276PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacobs, J.
When the plaintiff applied for renewal of her license to carry a firearm, she was required by the defendant’s agents to take a firing test and to pay a range fee in addition to a license fee. She challenged the test and the additional fee in the Superior Court and, after a trial without jury, appeals from a judgment of that court declaring that (1) the requirement of a firing test was a proper exercise, by the defendant, of his statutory duty under G. L. c. 140, § 131, (2) the test was conducted in a way which was within the discretion of the defendant, (3) the policies, procedures and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Royal Indemnity Co. v. BlakelyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Caswell v. Licensing Commission for BrocktonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
- Wolf v. Commissioner of Public WelfareMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth v. SlocumMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Commonwealth v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Hightower v. City of BostonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
- Godfrey v. Chief of Police of WellesleyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1993
- Chief of Police of the City of Worcester v. HoldenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Police Commissioner v. RobinsonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Firearms Records Bureau v. SimkinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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