La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

These appeals were taken from an order of the Superior Court which directed that certain discovery procedures take place pri- or to an administrative hearing before the Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights (the commission). Brought into issue in this case is the responsibility of the commission to make its investigative and information — gathering powers available to parties to a contested proceeding before it.

The case grew out of a dispute between Ann Marie Wall (Wall) and La Petite Au-berge, Inc. (L’Auberge), her former employer. Wall was a luncheon waitress…