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State v. Lead Industries, Ass'n, Inc.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided July 1, 2008No. 2004-63-M.P., 2006-158-Appeal, 2007-121-AppealPublishedCited by 70 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Addressing the issues seriatim for a unanimous Court, Chief Justice Williams authored Tracks I and II and Associate Justices Suttell, Flaherty, and Robinson authored Tracks III, IV, and V, respectively. In this landmark lawsuit, filed in 1999, the then Attorney General, on behalf of the State of Rhode Island (the state), filed suit against various former lead pigment manufacturers and the Lead Industries Association (LIA), a national trade association of lead producers formed in 1928.

After the first trial resulted in a mistrial, a second trial commenced; that second trial, spanning…

2Cases cited147 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Graham v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926

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3Cited by70 opinions

  1. City of Cranston v. Rhode Island Laborers' District CouncilSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2008
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  3. People v. Conagra Grocery Prods. Co., California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
  4. Now Courier, LLC v. Better Carrier Corp.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2009
  5. County of Santa Clara v. SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA CNTY.California Supreme Court · 2010

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