Legal Opinion

Salve Regina College v. Zoning Board of Review

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 16, 1991No. 90-216-M.PPublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This petition for certiorari was brought by Salve Regina College (Salve Regina) to review a Superior Court judgment that affirmed a decision of the Zoning Board of Review of the City of Newport (board). The board had denied Salve Regina’s application for a special exception from the restrictions of a Newport zoning ordinance. Salve Regina appealed the decision to the Superior Court in accordance with G.L.1956 (1988 Reenactment) § 45-24-20. Later a Superior Court justice summarily affirmed the board’s decision, with the terse comment that “there was substantial…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Destefano v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1979
  2. Mendonsa v. CoreySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1985
  3. Toohey v. KildaySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  4. Nani v. Zoning Board of Review of Town of SmithfieldSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
  5. Thomson Methodist Church v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1965

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3Cited by157 opinions

  1. Restivo v. LynchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1998
  2. W. Bart Lloyd v. Zoning Board of Review for the City of NewportSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2013
  3. 22-26 Coddington Wharf Condominium Association v. Cummins, N-94-0153 (1996)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1996
  4. Acquivest Group v. Zoning Board of Portsmouth, N.C. 99-270 (2001)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 2001
  5. All Saints Church in Pontiac v. Ruggieri, 99-0663 (2000)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 2000

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