Legal Opinion
In Re Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided March 13, 1984No. 81-406-M.P., 82-342-M.P. and 83-5-M.PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
We are in this proceeding, at the instance of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (the commission), reviewing 1 rulings made by three Superior Court justices, all of which hold that at least three of the five members of the commission must be present at hearings when an employer takes issue with the commission’s charge that the employer has engaged in certain discriminatory practices that are barred by the state Fair Employment Practices Act, G.L.1956 (1979 Reenactment) chapter 5 of title 28 (the act). After these rulings were made, judgments were entered…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human RightsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- Montaquila v. St. CyrSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1981
- Rhode Island Chamber of Commerce v. HackettSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
- St. Clare Home v. DonnellySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1977
- Jeffrey v. Platting Bd. of S. KingstownSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1968
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State v. CaprioSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1984
- Fratus v. AmercoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1990
- Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation & Hospitals v. R.B.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1988
- Gardner v. Cumberland Town CouncilSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
- POWER TEST REALTY COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. Janet COIT, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental ManagementSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2016
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