Legal Opinion
Direct Action for Rights & Equality v. Gannon
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 10, 2003No. 99-22-Appeal, 99-221-AppealPublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
In this case, the plaintiff, Direct Action for Rights and Equality (DARE or plaintiff), an incorporated, non-profit community action group based in Providence, Rhode Island, brought an action pursuant to the Access to Public Records Act, G.L. 1956 chapter 2 of title 38 (APRA), to compel the defendant, Bernard E. Gannon, 1 in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Providence (city or defendant), to produce various documents relating to civilian complaints of police misconduct. 2 Both the plaintiff and the defendant appealed the order of the trial…
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