Case Name: JOHN BICKFORD v. FRANK PISANI, CHIEF, CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Court: Massachusetts Appellate Decisions
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1976-05-13
Citations: 58 Mass. App. Dec. 116
Docket Number: No. 8400; Number: 1146
Parties: JOHN BICKFORD v. FRANK PISANI, CHIEF, CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Appellate Decisions
Volume: 58
Pages: 116–117

Head Matter:
Northern District
No. 8400
JOHN BICKFORD v. FRANK PISANI, CHIEF, CAMBRIDGE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Argued: Jan. 22, 1976.
Decided: May 13, 1976.
Case tried to Sherman, /.,
in the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex.
Number: 1146 of 1975.
Present: Flaschner, P.J. ; Flynn, Forte, J.J.
Chief Justice Flaschner participated in the hearing and post-hearing conference on this matter but died prior to the signing of the Opinion.

Opinion:
Forte, J-
This is a report from the Third District Court of Eastern Middlesex where a judicial review was conducted on the respondent Police Chief's denial of a license to carry a firearm.
The Appellate Division does not have jurisdiction to hear appeals from judicial review conducted in the District Courts pursuant to G.L.c. 140, §131. This exact question was decided in Zahansky v. Shea, 54 Mass. App. Dec. 51 (1974).
The appeal is to the Superior Court pursuant to G.L.c. 231, §97.
Report dismissed.