Legal Opinion

Telephone Credit Union v. Fetela

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided February 19, 1990No. 88-82-M.PPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice,

This case is before the court on a writ of certiorari from a denial in Superior Court of the defendant’s motion to quash the plaintiff’s subpoenas. The defendant New Hampshire Insurance Company (insurance company) alleges that the trial justice erred in denying the defendant insurance company’s motion to quash witness subpoenas for nonparty, nonresident witnesses when service was made upon the insurance commissioner of Rhode Island. The facts are briefly as follows.

On June 11, 1983, plaintiff Telephone Credit Union of Rhode Island (credit union) filed a complaint in…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. American Lithographic Co. v. WerckmeisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  2. Lister v. Superior CourtCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1979
  3. United States v. ForeDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1941

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Melia v. Les Grands Chais de FranceDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1991
  2. Sentry Insurance Co. v. CastilloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
  3. New England Property Services Group, LLC v. Selective Insurance Company of South CarolinaDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2026
  4. Sentry Insurance Co. v. CastilloSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990

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