Oster v. Tellier

OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by Lincoln taxpayers (plaintiffs) in a class action against Leo H. Tellier, Jr., tax assessor, and Claudette Paine, finance director for the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island (defendants). A Superi- or Court justice found that the defendants illegally assessed the tangible personal property of the members of the plaintiff class in violation of both the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution and article 1, section 2, of the Rhode Island Constitution. The trial justice held that no evidence existed to support a judgment for specific…