Legal Opinion
Advisory Opinion to the Governor
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 8, 1978PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
To His Excellency J. Joseph Garrahy Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
In fulfillment of their constitutional obligation to advise *65you on questions of law which relate to your official duties as the head of a coordinate branch of government, Opinion to the Governor, 109 R.I. 289, 292, 284 A.2d 295, 296 (1971), the undersigned forward this communication to you as a reply to your letter of September 7, 1978, in which you posed the following inquiry:
“If the Governor appoints a Justice of the District Court to fill a vacancy in the Superior Court, when the Senate is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Dukes v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1859
- Roberts v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
- United States v. Dominic AlloccoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Cummings v. GodinSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- Hutchins v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1916
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3Cited by6 opinions
- State v. SivoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2007
- In Re Advisory Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Felkner v. Chariho Regional School CommitteeSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
- Seemann v. KinchSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1992
- Nesbitt v. AppleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
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