Legal Opinion
Gem Plumbing & Heating Co., Inc. v. Rossi
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 22, 2005No. 2003-386-AppealPublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.
Referencing his own inability to forecast the actions of World War II Russia, Winston Churchill once quipped “It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.” 1 Though we candidly admit the legal issues at play in this case do not come close to the terrorism of Stalinist Russia, the ensuing opinion answers the riddle wrapped in the mystery that is the Rhode Island Mechanics’ Lien Law, found at G.L.1956 Chapter 28 of Title 34, as analyzed under the enigma that is the modern procedural due process jurisprudence growing out of both the Fourteenth Amendment to…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Flagg Bros., Inc. v. BrooksSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union, Local 473 v. McElroySupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Rossi v. GemmaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
- Kaveny v. Town of Cumberland Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2005
- Smiler v. NapolitanoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2006
- Arnold v. LebelSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2007
- State v. SivoSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 2007
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