Legal Opinion
Griffin v. Bendick
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 4, 1983No. 80-26-AppealPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
The roots of this dispute lie in the now decades-old condemnation of certain lands owned by the plaintiff, Julia Eliza Griffin (Griffin). The parcels, located along the shoreline of the town of Narragansett, were taken and compensated for by the state in a series of condemnation proceedings that took place in the years 1946 and 1962. Griffin’s land was condemned for the ostensible purpose of developing a state port facility. Sometime in 1972 Griffin concluded that she had been aggrieved by these condemnations, and she subsequently filed this Superior Court civil…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- State v. FengSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Lynch v. KingSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1978
- Montaquila v. St. CyrSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Shannon v. Norman Block, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1969
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Pardey v. Boulevard Billiard ClubSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
- Julia Eliza Griffin v. State of Rhode IslandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1985
- Kingstown Mobile Home Park v. StrashnickSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2001
- Brown v. SamiagioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1987
- Bonniecrest Development Co. v. CarrollSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
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