Legal Opinion
Cummings v. Godin
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 30, 1977No. 75-318-AppealPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBevilacqua, C.J.
This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment action. The Mayor of Woonsocket sought a judgment in Superior Court declaring that the provisions of the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter prohibiting city employees from holding elective offices are constitutional 1 and that the defendant, a public school teacher in the city of Woonsocket, is a city employee to whom these provisions are applicable. The case was submitted on an agreed statement of facts:
“1. Defendant is and has been a certified teacher in the Woonsocket Education Department since 1962, which said position is unclassified according to the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Broadrick v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NYSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Coventry School Committee v. RichtarikSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Edward Arceneaux v. David C. Treen, Individually and in His Capacity as Governor of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Gelch v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- In Re Advisory From the GovernorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1993
- Town of Johnston v. SantilliSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
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