Brunelle v. Town of South Kingstown

OPINION

BOURCIER, Justice.

This case comes before us on cross appeals from a final judgment of the Superior Court entered in favor of the plaintiff, Robert L. Brunelle (Brunelle), and against the defendants, the town of South Kingstown, its town council members, its town treasurer, and its building and zoning officer. The final judgment awarded Brunelle compensatory damages as well as attorney’s fees pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988 for the temporary taking of his land because of the defendant town building inspector’s denial of his request for a building permit in December, 1985 and the…