Legal Opinion

Keating v. Rhode Island

District Court, D. Rhode Island

Decided March 6, 1992No. Civ. A. 91-0481LPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

LAGUEUX, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter is before the Court on the motion of both defendants to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint under Rule 12 or, in the alternative, to grant summary judgment under Rule 56. Plaintiffs are a Rhode Island taxpayer and a retirement association of which he is a member. They have alleged that the State of Rhode Island (“the State”) has violated their federal and state constitutional and statutory rights.

Plaintiff Keating is a retired Providence police officer and a member of the Providence Police and Firefighters’ Retirement…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Kentucky v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Allen v. McCurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  4. Migra v. Warren City School District Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Brown v. FelsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Bank of New England Old Colony, N.A. v. R. Gary Clark, Tax Administrator, for the State of Rhode IslandCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
  2. Pascoag Reservoir & Dam, LLC v. Rhode IslandDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 2002
  3. Bank of New England — Old Colony, N.A. v. ClarkDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
  4. Donato v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National BankDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1999
  5. Pontes v. Lapatin (In Re Pontes)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Rhode Island · 2002

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