Legal Opinion

Vierra v. Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided March 29, 1988No. 86-276-AppealPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This matter is before the Supreme Court on the defendants’ appeal from a permanent injunction entered by the Superior Court enjoining the defendants from refusing to issue to the plaintiff a certificate of graduation from the Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy. We affirm the injunction entered by the Superior Court.

The pertinent facts of this case begin in 1983 when plaintiff, Debra L. Vierra, filed an administrative charge of sex discrimination against defendant Rhode Island Municipal Police Academy (the academy) with the Rhode Island Commission on Human Rights and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Mt. Healthy City School District Board of Education v. DoyleSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Frank L. LOEB, Plaintiff, v. TEXTRON, INC., Et Al., DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1979
  4. Donna Fishman v. William J. Clancey, Donna Fishman v. William J. Clancy, Stephen CoppingerCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
  5. Pilkington v. BevilacquaDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1977

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Forte Bros., Inc. v. RONALD M. ASH & ASSOC., INC.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
  2. State v. PartingtonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2004
  3. Gross v. Annarumo, 94-0449 (1998)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1998
  4. Grossi v. Annarumo, Nc 94-0449 (1998)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 1998

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