Roberts v. City of Cranston Zoning Board of Review

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This case is before the court on appeal by the Attorney General from an order of the Superior Court dismissing his complaint against the Cranston Zoning Board of Review (the board) for violation of the open-meetings law, G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) §§ 42-46-1 through 42-46-10. The case presents for the first time the question of whether or not that chapter applies to quasi-judicial proceedings.

Although § 42-46-3 mandates that “[ejvery meeting of all public bodies shall be open to the public,” not all meetings of governmental entities are subject to this…