Legal Opinion
Kavanaugh v. Paull
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 21, 1935PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoss, J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to quash certain records of the town council of the town of Bristol. The writ was issued and the records complained of have been certified to this court.
From these records the following facts appear. On October 2, 1934, Prescott B. Paull as president of the town council and as its committee on police presented to it the following charge, signed by him, against the petitioner, Richard J. Kavanaugh, then chief of police of the town: “In discharge of my official duty as President of the Town Council and as Conimittee of the Council on Police, I have…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Grafton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1907
- People Ex Rel. Flanagan v. Board of Police CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- People Ex Rel. Hart v. Board of Fire CommissionersNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- State v. GustinSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
- Hanna v. Board of AldermenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1934
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Skaggs v. HorrallCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1948
- Barr v. City of San DiegoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1960
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