Nunes v. Marino

OPINION

BOURICER, Justice.

This case concerns a dispute over the appropriate land use change tax applicable when farmland is withdrawn from the State of Rhode Island’s Farm, Forest, and Open Space Program. The petitioner, Angelo Marino, in his official capacity as the Chairman of the town of Warren’s Tax Assessment Board of Tax Review, seeks this Court’s review of a final judgment of the Superior Court striking down the imposition of a $239,750 land use change tax upon the defendants, George R. Nunes and his wife, Margaret M. Nunes, (the Nuneses). We reverse the judgment of the Superior Court.

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