O'NEILL v. Carr

OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

This is a Superior Court civil action in which the plaintiffs 1 seek a writ of mandamus that would compel the city solicitor and the zoning enforcement officer of the city of Newport to revoke certain building permits allegedly issued in violation of the city’s zoning ordinance and to compel the defendants to enforce the pertinent zoning-ordinance provisions against buildings already under construction. 2 The dispute came before the trial justice on cross-motions for summary judgment. He granted the defendants’ motion and denied the plaintiffs’ motion. The plaintiffs…