Legal Opinion
Brown v. Elston
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided May 14, 1982No. 80-589-M.P., 81-177-M.PPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.
These are petitions for common-law writs of certiorari, whereby the Woonsocket School Committee (the committee) seeks review of two decisions of the Board of Regents (the board) affirming decisions of the Commissioner of Education (the commissioner). In those decisions, the commissioner directed the committee to provide bus transportation to certain students in the Woonsocket public school system. These cases have been consolidated for the purpose of this review.
Brown v. Elston concerns a controversy that arose in April 1980 when the committee terminated…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Town of Waterford v. Connecticut State Board of EducationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- City of Providence v. MoultonSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1932
- Royal v. BarrySupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1960
- Chariho Regional High School District v. Town TreasurerSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971
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- Pawtucket School Committee v. Board of Regents for Elementary & Secondary EducationSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1986
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