Tag: R.I. Supreme Court
Court ruling on Providence pensions will have ripple effects
Rhode Island is no stranger to pension problems.
Even after a major state-level overhaul of the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island led by then-R.I....
R.I. Supreme Court upholds Daniel Doyle conviction
PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Supreme Court has upheld Wednesday the 2017 conviction of Daniel E. Doyle Jr., the founder of the Institute for International...
Former Providence attorney sentenced for mail fraud, pension theft
PROVIDENCE – Oleg Nikolyszyn, a former city attorney who fraudulently collected pension funds in the name of a former client following the man’s death,...
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...
