Legal Opinion

Richard P. Sullivan v. Coventry Municipal Employees' Retirement Plan

Supreme Court of Rhode Island

Decided March 22, 2019No. 15-58, 16-73PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Justice Indeglia, for the Court.

The plaintiff, Richard P. Sullivan (plaintiff), appeals from a final judgment in favor of the defendants following a Kent County Superior Court hearing justice's grant of the defendants' motion to dismiss for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction and the hearing justice's alternative grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendants. On appeal, the plaintiff argues that the hearing justice erred in determining that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over his claim, and he further contends that the hearing justice erred in alternatively granting the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. BruchSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Doyle v. Paul Revere Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1998
  3. United Lending Corp. v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2003
  4. La Petite Auberge, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human RightsSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1980
  5. Marro v. CRANSTON GEN. TREASURERSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1971

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Boudreau v. Automatic Temperature Controls, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2019
  2. Corrine A. Lang as of the Estate of Kevin Lang v. Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Rhode IslandSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2019
  3. Jason Boudreau v. Automatic Temperature Controls, Inc.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 2019
  4. Shirley Butler v. Kari GavekSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2021
  5. State v. Cesar VazquezSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2021

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