Legal Opinion
Providence Teachers' Union Local 958 v. City Council of Providence
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided December 21, 2005No. 2003-541-AppealPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SUTTELL, for the Court.
In 1999, the Providence Teachers’ Union and five teachers filed a complaint challenging the application of § 1210 of the Providence Home Rule Charter of 1980 (the charter) requiring that all Providence municipal employees, including those of the Providence School Department, reside within the city limits of Providence. The five individual teachers sought the equitable relief of reinstatement to their former positions as teachers in the Providence public school system. After a hearing on the plaintiffs’ request for preliminary and permanent injunction, the…
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