Legal Opinion
Kells v. Town of Lincoln
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided June 3, 2005No. 2004-239-AppealPublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Does the charter of the Town of Lincoln permit the town administrator to terminate, without a hearing or just cause, the employment of the Lincoln chief of police? What is the proper process, pursuant to the charter, for removing the chief of police, and has the current town administrator attempted to circumvent that process? These are the essential questions in the defendants’ appeal of a Superior Court judgment obtained by the plaintiff, Robert T. Kells, against the Town of Lincoln, by and through its finance director, Stephen Woerner, and current town…
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