Lynch v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON for the Court.

This appeal ultimately derives from a decision by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) in 2003 to issue a license to operate a refuse facility in the City of East Providence. We are called upon to determine whether the administrative appeal of the plaintiff, Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch, from the issuance of that 2003 license has been rendered moot by the expiration of, subsequent renewal of, and later transfer of said license. 1

For the reasons set forth herein, it is our opinion that the issue of the validity (vel non) of the 2003…