Town of Glocester v. R.I. Solid Waste Management Corp.

This civil action for declaratory and injunctive relief was brought in the Superior Court by the town of Glocester (Gloscester) and was submitted to a trial justice sitting without a jury on an agreed statement of facts. The defendants are the Rhode Island Solid Waste Management Corporation (the Corporation), a public instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, William Davis d.b.a. Glocester-Smithfield Regional Landfill (Davis) and the Town of East Greenwich (East Greenwich). The real issue in the case is whether the Legislature in enact ing P.L. 1974, ch. 176, now…