Tag: R.I. Supreme Court
R.I. Supreme Court to hear cases remotely
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The Rhode Island Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments this week using remote technology for the first time.
The court...
High court rules for towns in land use dispute with state
PROVIDENCE (AP) – The R.I. Supreme Court has overturned a lower court decision and ruled that the state is required to follow the same...
R.I. Supreme Court rules 38 Studios grand jury materials to remain...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court ruled that grand jury materials in the 38 Studios investigation should remain sealed in a decision issued on...
Fair housing nonprofit withdraws lawsuit after R.I. Supreme Court’s rule revision
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court has revised a rule that resolves objections that had been raised in a federal lawsuit filed last year...
ACLU files appeal on student-housing ordinance decision
PROVIDENCE – The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island has filed an appeal to the R.I. Supreme Court to overturn a Superior Court...
R.I. Supreme Court upholds Barrington tax assessments on low- and moderate-income...
BARRINGTON – Nearly six years after a town resident challenged the property tax assessment of a low- and moderate-income housing development, the state Supreme...
Was the R.I. Supreme Court right to side with Cranston in...
Nearly three years after R.I. Superior Court ruled in favor of Cranston in its bid to sharply curtailed cost-of-living adjustments for police and firefighter...
R.I. Supreme Court sides with Cranston over public safety retirees in...
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Cranston in a long-standing legal battle over frozen pension benefits filed by a group...
R.I. Supreme Court rules on longstanding URI campus land dispute
PROVIDENCE – A yearslong legal battle the University of Rhode Island has waged over an unfinished Greek cultural center on the Kingston campus has...
R.I. attorney indicted on charges of fraud, identity and pension theft
PROVIDENCE - A Rhode Island attorney was charged Thursday by a federal grand jury in Providence for wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and theft...