Legal Opinion
In Re Advisory Opinion (Chief Justice)
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided April 4, 1986No. 85-471-M.PPublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In re Request for Advisory Opinion to the Governor and the Leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
His Excellency, Edward D. DiPrete, Governor the State of Rhode Island, The Honorable Matthew J. Smith, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and the Honorable John C. Revens, Jr., Majority Leader of the Rhode Island Senate:
We have received your request seeking the advice of the justices of this court in accordance with the provisions of section 2 of article XI of the amendments to the Rhode Island Constitution. The question posited is as follows:
“May a joint…
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