Graziano v. Rhode Island State Lottery Commission

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Chief Justice (Ret.).

This case comes before us on the appeal of plaintiffs Catherine E. Graziano and John P. Hawkins from a summary judgment entered in the Superior Court in favor of the defendants on all issues raised in the plaintiffs’ second amended complaint, save only Count I, which alleged a violation of the Rhode Island Open Meetings Act. The defendants have cross-appealed from that portion of the Superior Court judgment entered after trial, which held them to be in violation of the Open Meetings Act, G.L. 1956 chapter 46 of title 42.

The plaintiff Hawkins also…