Legal Opinion
Roberts v. Communications Investment Club of Woonsocket
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided July 1, 1981No. 79-294-AppealPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY, Justice.
On May 7, 1979, the Attorney General filed a complaint in the Superior Court charging the defendants with operating an unauthorized lottery in violation of Art. XLI, sec. 1 of the Rhode Island Constitution. The complaint sought to enjoin the defendants’ activities permanently and after a hearing of the Attorney General’s allegations, such relief was granted by a Superior Court justice. It is the granting of the requested relief which forms the basis of the defendants’ appeal.
On May 1, 1979, articles of association were filed in the Secretary of State’s office by the…
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