Showing posts with label Rhode Island. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rhode Island. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Good News Clubs Sue to Get Access for After School Programs

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Suit was filed last week in a Rhode Island federal district court by the Good News Clubs contending that their 1st and 14th Amendment rights...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Certiorari Denied In Fetal Personhood Case

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Doe v. McKee,  (Docket No. 22-201, certiorari denied 10/11/2022) ( Order List ). The certiorar...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Another Lawsuit Over Touro Synagogue Dismissed On A Technicality

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Providence Journal reports on the latest legal scuffle over the historic Touro Synagogue which is owned by New York's Shearith Israel c...
Sunday, October 03, 2021

Rhode Island Vaccine Mandate, Silent On Religious Exemptions, Is Upheld

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In Dr. T v. Alexander-Scott ,  (D RI, Sept. 30, 2021), a Rhode Island federal district court refused to issue a temporary restraining order ...
Monday, March 18, 2019

Certiorari Denied In Historic Touro Synagogue Dispute

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The U.S. Supreme Court today denied review in Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel,  (Docket No. 18-530, certiorari d...
Thursday, August 03, 2017

1st Circuit: Historic Rhode Island Synagogue Owned By New York Congregation

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In a decision handed down yesterday, the U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a Rhode Island federal district court (see prior posting...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Suit By Cannabis Church To Enjoin Prosecution Is Dismissed

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In Armstrong v. Kilmartin ,  (D RI, May 17, 2017), a Rhode Island federal district court dismissed a suit to enjoin a state court criminal p...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Court Places Control of Historic Touro Synagogue In Hands of Newport, Rhode Island Congregation

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Yesterday, in a 106 page opinion in Congregation Jeshuat Israel v. Congregation Shearith Israel ,  (D RI, May 16, 2016),   a Rhode Island fe...
Thursday, January 28, 2016

African-American Church Files RLUIPA Suit Over Denial of Special Use Permit

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A Johnston, Rhode Island predominately African-American congregation has filed a lawsuit against the town and its zoning official who denied...
Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Interim Arrangement Gives Rhode Island Teachers Good Friday Off This Year As Lawsuit Advances

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The Providence Journal reported ysterday the Cranston, Rhode Island School Department has reached a short-term settlement with the Cranston...
Friday, March 06, 2015

Suit Challenges Quote From British Jurist Posted In Rhode Island's High Court

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A Rhode Island lawyer this week filed a federal lawsuit challenging a quotation from British jurist Sir Edward Coke inscribed above the benc...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Rhode Island Supreme Court Rejects Firefighters' Objections To Riding In Pride Parade

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In Fabrizio v. City of Providence ,  (RI Sup. Ct., Dec. 19, 2014), the Rhode Island Supreme Court dismissed a suit brought by two Catholic f...
Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Professor's Law Review Article Used In Robocall By Opponent in Mayoral Race

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In 2010, then-Associate Professor Jorge Elorza at Roger Williams University Law School published an interesting and sophisticated 65-page l...
Saturday, February 08, 2014

Magistrate Recommends Dismissal of Suit Over Disturbing Church Bells

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In  Devaney v. Kilmartin ,  (D RI, Feb. 6, 2014), a Rhode Island federal magistrate judge recommended dismissing a Narragansett, Rhode Islan...