Legal Opinion
Q.C. Construction Co. v. Gallo
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided December 15, 1986No. Civ. A. 85-224 LPublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LAGUEUX, District Judge.
This case involves the constitutionality of a residential building moratorium enacted by Resolution of the Johnston Rhode Island Town Council on July 11, 1983. Plaintiffs have brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that, as a result of the moratorium, defendants have deprived plaintiffs of their property without due process of law in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Thus, the Court has jurisdiction of this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331.
Plaintiffs in this action are Nicholas Cambio, Frank…
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