A doctor and drone enthusiast from Newton, Massachusetts has sued his hometown, arguing that a new local ordinance restricting drone flights, is unconstitutional.

In the suit, Michael Singer v. City of Newton, which was filed in federal court in Massachusetts last Tuesday, the plaintiff argued that the city has effectively banned drones over the entire town. In short, he argues that Newton, which sits about seven miles west of downtown Boston, doesn’t have the authority to regulate drones in this manner and that his First and Fourth Amendment rights, among others, are being violated.

The lawsuit gets to the heart of a question that continues to bubble up in the age of personal, inexpensive drones: to what degree can individuals and municipalities restrict drone use?