Legal Opinion

Holmes v. Dowling

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided April 14, 1980No. 78-143-M.PPublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case is before us on a petition for certiorari to review a judgment of the Superior Court which affirmed a decision of the Zoning Board of Review of the Town of Jamestown (zoning board). The rulings below have denied permission to the petitioner to build a single-family residence on a parcel of residential property owned by him and located on East Shore Road in Jamestown.

The petitioner and his wife were the owners of a rectangular piece of property (Old Lot 60) in an “R40” residential zoning district in Jamestown. Under the Jamestown zoning ordinance, lots in…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Wilkinson v. HarringtonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
  2. Town of Scituate v. O'ROURKESupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
  3. Robinson v. T.C. of NarragansettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1938
  4. Travers v. Zoning Bd. of Review of Town of BristolSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1967
  5. Snyder v. Zoning Board of Town of WesterlySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1964

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Irish Partnership v. RommelSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
  2. Bliss v. Wal-Mart Real Estate Business TrustSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  3. Genereux v. BruceSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2011
  4. Iadevaia v. Town of Scituate ZoningSuperior Court of Rhode Island · 2010
  5. Koczkodan v. Zoning Board of Review of Town of Hopkinton, 98-0356 (2002)Superior Court of Rhode Island · 2002

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