State Supreme Court / R.I.

City of Pawtucket v. Sundlun

Decided July 20, 1995. Victoria Lederberg wrote the opinion for the court.

662 A.2d 40 · Cited 121 times

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Abbott v. Burke · 575 A.2d 359
Members of the Jamestown School Committee v. Schmidt · 405 A.2d 16
School Committee v. Westerly Teachers Ass'n · 299 A.2d 441
Kass v. Retirement Board of the Employees' Retirement System · 567 A.2d 358
Kennedy v. State · 654 A.2d 708
Hornbeck v. Somerset County Board of Education · 458 A.2d 758
United States v. Nixon · 418 U.S. 683
Brown v. Board of Education · 347 U.S. 483
Dreyer v. Illinois · 187 U.S. 71
Gorham v. Robinson · 186 A. 832
Seattle School District No. 1 v. State · 585 P.2d 71
Robinson v. Cahill · 303 A.2d 273
Abbott v. Burke · 495 A.2d 376
McDaniel v. Thomas · 285 S.E.2d 156
Robinson v. Cahill · 339 A.2d 193
Nugent Ex Rel. Hurd v. City of East Providence · 238 A.2d 758
State v. Garnetto · 63 A.2d 777
Bailey v. Baronian · 394 A.2d 1338
Chang v. University of Rhode Island · 375 A.2d 925
Wixon v. City of Newport · 13 R.I. 454
Middletown School Committee v. Board of Regents for Education · 439 F. Supp. 1122
Brennan v. Kirby · 529 A.2d 633
School Administrative District No. 1 v. Commissioner, Department of Education · 659 A.2d 854
Greenhalgh v. City Council of Cranston · 603 A.2d 1090
Brown v. Elston · 445 A.2d 279

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