United Service & Allied Workers v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board

OPINION

Chief Justice WILLIAMS (ret.), for the Court.

The Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board (the board), petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari after the Superior Court reversed the board’s decision dismissing the petition of United Service and Allied Workers of Rhode Island (United Service) requesting of the board an election among the workers of the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RIT-BA) to act as their collective-bargaining representative. We granted the board’s petition; but because the controversy has become moot, we do not reach the merits.

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