Legal Opinion
L.A. Ray Realty v. Town Council of the Town of Cumberland
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 17, 1997No. 96-207-AppealPublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEDERBERG, Justice.
This case came before the Supreme Court on the cross-appeals of the plaintiffs, L.A. Ray Realty (L.A.Ray), Richard Savage, and G. Robert Savage (collectively the Savages),1 and the defendants, the Town Council (town council) of the Town of Cumberland, Rhode Island (town) by and through its members, the Town Planning Board (planning board) by and through its members, and the town by and through its treasurer, George Cross. The parties appealed from a Superior Court judgment that awarded damages to the plaintiffs on the grounds that the town had engaged in tortious…
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