Slattery v. School Committee of Cranston

This proceeding involves two actions. The first is an appeal by the defendants from an order entered in the Superior Court in Edward J. Slattery v. The School Committee of the City of Cranston et al., No. 73-253-A. The second is a petition for certiorari filed in this court in The School Committee of the City of Cranston v. Board of Regents for Education, No. 74-166 M.P. We ordered the two cases consolidated for hearing in this court. School Comm. v. Board of Regents for Educ., 113 R. I. 934, 322 A.2d 304 (1974).

This controversy has a long history. On May 2, 1972, plaintiff, Edward J.…