International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 569 v. City of East Providence

OPINION

Justice GOLDBERG, for the Court.

This ease comes before us on the plaintiffs appeal from a Superior Court decision declaring that the defendant, the City of East Providence and its police department (city or department), acted properly when it discharged Officer Sean Sullivan (Sullivan) for non-disciplinary reasons without employing the hearing procedure required by the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights (LEOBOR). 1 The plaintiff, International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 569 (union), 2 argues on appeal that Sullivan’s constitutional right of due process was violated…