Legal Opinion
Montaquila v. St. Cyr
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided August 4, 1981No. 78-373-AppealPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SHEA, Justice.
The plaintiffs in this case, Arnold N. Montaquila, K. George Joovelegian, Harold A. Joovelegian, and Frederick G. Tobin, were the solicitor and the assistant solicitors, respectively, for the town of Coventry. They had been appointed at a time when the members of the Democratic Party were in control of the town council. Local elections were held in November 1976, the result of which was to place the council under the control of the members of the Republican Party. The new council appointed Albert St. Cyr town manager pursuant to article V of the Coventry Home Rule Charter.
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