Easton's Point Ass'n v. Coastal Resources Management Council

OPINION

FAY, Chief Justice.

This case is before the court on the consolidated statutory petitions for certiorari brought by the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC or the council), Atlantic East Associates, and Elias Lahoud (the latter two parties, the applicants). The council and the applicants seek a review of the judgment of a Superior Court justice reversing the council’s earlier decision granting the applicants a permit to construct a large hotel with a parking area and swimming pool in Middletown, Rhode Island.

The facts pertinent to the issue before this court are as follows. The…