Legal Opinion
Int'l Ass'n of Firefighters v. Woonsocket
Superior Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 4, 2009No. C.A. No. 09-947Published
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION
Local 732 of the International Association of Firefighters AFL-CIO ("Local 732") seek a preliminary injunction asking this Court to enjoin the City of Woonsocket from temporarily laying off of a number of the City's firefighters.
For the reasons set forth in this Decision, Local 732's motion for preliminary injunction is denied.
FACTS
The City of Woonsocket is in an extremely perilous fiscal status. The City of Woonsocket is a mill city of approximately 43,000 residents located on 7.7 square miles in northern Rhode Island.1 This distressed community suffers one of the highest…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Town of Narragansett v. International Ass'n of Fire FightersSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human RightsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Brown v. AmaralSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1983
- Pontiac Fire Fighters Union Local 376 v. City of PontiacMichigan Supreme Court · 2008
- R. I. Turnpike & Bridge Authority v. CohenSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
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