Legal Opinion
Kennedy v. State
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 27, 1995No. 93-254-AppealPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
LEDERBERG, Justice.
The issue before the Supreme Court is whether the Rhode Island General Assembly violated the equal protection provisions of the Rhode Island and United States Constitutions by enacting legislation 1 that authorized Kevin Kennedy (plaintiff) to bring suit against the State of Rhode Island (defendant) for an amount in excess of the limitation on damages set forth in the Governmental Tort Liability Act. Following the defendant’s challenge to the constitutionality of the legislation, the Superior Court entered an order invalidating the act. In response to the plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Craig v. BorenSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by16 opinions
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