Cranston Print Works Co. v. City of Cranston

OPINION

LEDERBERG, Justice.

This ease came before the Supreme Court on a petition for certiorari to review the denial by the City Council (council) of Cran-ston, Rhode Island, of an application by Cranston Print Works Company (CPW or petitioner) for a permit to install two propane tanks on its property in Cranston, Rhode Island. In its petition, CPW contended that the decision of the council was beyond its jurisdiction, against the law and evidence, arbitrary and capricious, and a violation of CPW’s equal-protection rights under the Federal and State constitutions. For the reasons stated below,…