Legal Opinion
Newport Shipyard, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 27, 1984No. 82-60-AppealPublishedCited by 202 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KELLEHER, Justice.
We have granted the petition of Stephen Gordon (Gordon) for a statutory writ of certiorari pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act, G.L. 1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 42-35-16 (1983 Cum. Supp.). The petition was granted by this court to review a judgment of the Superior Court that vacated the findings in the order of the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (commission). The commission found that the respondent, Newport Shipyard, Inc. (the Shipyard), had engaged in discriminatory employment practices in violation of G.L. 1956 (1979 Reenactment)…
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