Legal Opinion
Mesolella v. City of Providence
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 6, 1986No. 83-510-AppealPublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
This is an appeal from a Superior Court judgment awarding damages and prejudgment interest to the plaintiff as a result of the illegal amendment of a zoning ordinance by the city of Providence. In an earlier opinion of this court, the amendment was found to be null and void for failure to comport with a “comprehensive plan.”
The facts of this case, although set out in great detail in Mesolella v. City of Providence, 439 A.2d 1370 (R.I.1982), bear repeating in part as they relate to the issues at hand. On September 20, 1978, plaintiff, Vincent J. Mesolella (Mesolella),…
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