State Supreme Court / R.I.

Lerner v. Gill

Decided August 5, 1983. Thomas F. Kelleher wrote the opinion for the court.

463 A.2d 1352 · Cited 72 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Bouie v. City of Columbia · 378 U.S. 347
Calder v. Bull · 3 U.S. 386
State v. Ouimette · 367 A.2d 704
Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134
Lindsey v. Washington · 301 U.S. 397
New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co. · 125 U.S. 18
Rooney v. North Dakota · 196 U.S. 319
Holden v. Minnesota · 137 U.S. 483
State v. Patriarca · 308 A.2d 300
Coles v. State · 290 Md. 296
State v. Fry · 602 P.2d 13
State v. Lerner · 308 A.2d 324
Ferrelli v. Department of Employment Security · 261 A.2d 906
Schiavulli v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF TOWN OF NO. PROVIDENCE · 334 A.2d 416
Romeo v. Cranston Redevelopment Agency · 254 A.2d 426
State v. Fazzano · 194 A.2d 680
People v. Favors · 600 P.2d 78
State v. Burkhart · 566 S.W.2d 871
Beacom v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission · 500 F. Supp. 428
McCoy v. State · 277 A.2d 675

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Lerner v. Gill · 580 F. Supp. 1056
State Ex Rel. Webb v. Cianci · 591 A.2d 1193
Albert A. Faella v. Joseph Chiodo, in his capacity as Finance Director for the Town of Johnston Alan Ross v. Town of Johnston · 111 A.3d 351
State v. Anthony Parrillo · 158 A.3d 283
Parkway Towers Associates v. Godfrey · 688 A.2d 1289
Mullins v. Bordeleau · 517 A.2d 600
B.G. Bailey Construction Co. v. Norberg · 524 A.2d 595
Greenwich Bay Yacht Basin Associates v. Brown · 537 A.2d 988
Casa DiMario, Inc. v. Richardson · 763 A.2d 607
Town of Burrillville v. Pascoag Apartment Associates, LLC · 950 A.2d 435
State v. Pelz · 765 A.2d 824
State v. Pereira · 973 A.2d 19
State v. Delmondo · 696 P.2d 344
Dart Industries, Inc. v. Clark · 696 A.2d 306
State v. Fiorenzano · 690 A.2d 857
Pelland v. Rhode Island · 317 F. Supp. 2d 86
State Department of Corrections v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board · 703 A.2d 1095
Chariho Regional School District v. Gist · 91 A.3d 783
Skawinski v. State · 538 A.2d 1006
Taylor v. Rhode Island Department of Corrections · 908 F. Supp. 92
Carillo v. DuBois · 23 F. Supp. 2d 103
W. Va. Chiropractic Society, Inc. v. Merritt · 358 S.E.2d 432
State v. DeWitt · 557 A.2d 845

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