Providence Lodge No. 3, Fraternal Order of Police v. Providence External Review Authority

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

This case came before the Supreme Court on May 7, 2008, on appeal by the plaintiffs — Providence Lodge No. 3, the Fraternal Order; of Police, Keith LaFazia, and Joseph Sarrasin (FOP, officers, or collectively plaintiffs) — from a declaratory judgment and order entered in favor of the defendants, Providence External Review Authority, 1 the City of Providence, and David N. Cicilline, in his capacity as mayor of the City of Providence (city, or collectively defendants). On appeal, the plaintiffs contend that the trial justice erred in: (1) refusing to…