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9 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1998–2017 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Rhode Island courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (8)

CaseFollowedCited
Argelis Pichardo v. Julie Stevensgreen
ri · 2012 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2016–2016
1 sentence

2016Pichardo v. Stevens, 55 A.3d 762, 765 (R.I.2012).

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Medeiros v. Sitringreen
ri · 2009 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2015–2015
1 sentence

2015It is a bedrock principle of tort law that “[t]o maintain a cause of action for -5- negligence, the plaintiff must establish four elements: (1) a legally cognizable duty owed by [the] defendant to [the] plaintiff; (2) breach of that duty; (3) that the conduct proximately caused the injury; and (4) actual loss or damage.” Medeiros v. Sitrin, 984 A.2d 620, 625 (R.I. 2009).

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Santilli v. Morelligreen
ri · 1967 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
2 sentences

2014See, e.g., Griffin v. Zapata, 570 A.2d 659, 661-62 (R.I.1990) (stating that the equitable remedy of specific performance is appropriate where adequate compensation cannot be achieved through money damages, as for example, where land is involved); Santilli 102 R.I. at 338 , 230 A.2d at 863 (noting that it is only in “exceptional cases where the substantial rights of the landowner may be properly safeguarded without recourse to an injunction”).

2014See, e.g., Griffin v. Zapata, 570 A.2d 659, 661-62 (R.I.1990) (stating that the equitable remedy of specific performance is appropriate where adequate compensation cannot be achieved through money damages, as for example, where land is involved); Santilli 102 R.I. at 338 , 230 A.2d at 863 (noting that it is only in “exceptional cases where the substantial rights of the landowner may be properly safeguarded without recourse to an injunction”).

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Griffin v. Zapatagreen
ri · 1990 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014See, e.g., Griffin v. Zapata, 570 A.2d 659, 661-62 (R.I.1990) (stating that the equitable remedy of specific performance is appropriate where adequate compensation cannot be achieved through money damages, as for example, where land is involved); Santilli 102 R.I. at 338 , 230 A.2d at 863 (noting that it is only in “exceptional cases where the substantial rights of the landowner may be properly safeguarded without recourse to an injunction”).

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Terry v. Ohiogreen
scotus · 1968 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
2 sentences

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

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United States v. Brignoni-Poncegreen
scotus · 1975 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
2 sentences

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

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Sentner v. Board of Trustees of Regional Community Collegesgreen
conn · 1981 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
2 sentences

2002“In a constitutional democracy sovereign immunity must relax its bar when suits against the government complain of unconstitutional acts.” Sentner v. Board of Trustees of Regional Community Colleges, 184 Conn. 339 , 439 A.2d 1033, 1036 (1981).

2002“In a constitutional democracy sovereign immunity must relax its bar when suits against the government complain of unconstitutional acts.” Sentner v. Board of Trustees of Regional Community Colleges, 184 Conn. 339 , 439 A.2d 1033, 1036 (1981).

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Michigan v. Summersgreen
scotus · 1981 · cited in 1 Rhode Island opinions naming this issue, 2002–2002
2 sentences

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

2002See, e.g., Summers, 452 U.S. at 705 n. 21, 101 S.Ct. at 2595 -96 n. 21, 69 L.Ed.2d at 351 n. 21 (holding that the “routine detention of residents of a house while it was being searched for contraband pursuant to a valid warrant” was reasonable under the Fourth Amendment in the absence of probable cause for arrest); United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 881 , 95 S.Ct. 2574, 2580 , 45 L.Ed.2d 607, 617 (1975) (holding that a brief investigatory stop of a vehicle by a border patrol officer was reasonable in the absence of probable cause when the officer’s action was supported by a reasona

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (7)

CaseCitedYears
Rose Nulman Park Foundation, by its Trustees, Carol B. Nulman and Joel S. Nulman v. Four Twenty Corp. green
ri · 2014
2 sentences

2017Rather, plaintiffs assert that the trial justice should have granted that relief because defendants acted in bad faith and/or recklessly in placing the encroachments on plaintiffs’ property, and, therefore, it was inappropriate to balance the equities. *515 When real property is involved, “[i]t is a bedrock principle of our property jurisprudence that land is not fungible; and, accordingly, equitable remedies are normally used when it comes to injuries and intrusions to it.” Rose Nulman, 93 A.3d at 29 .

2017Furthermore, this Court has “generally held that the appropriate remedy for a continuing trespass is injunctive relief.” Id.

12017–2017
Martinez v. Ryan green
scotus · 2012
2 sentences

2016As the United States Supreme Court has explained, “[t]he right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial is a bedrock principle in our justice system” and “the foundation for our adversary system.” Martinez, 132 S. Ct. at 1317 .

2016As the United States Supreme Court has explained, “[t]he right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial is a bedrock principle in our justice system” and “the foundation for our adversary system.” Martinez, 132 S.Ct. at 1317 .

12016–2016
White v. Ewing green
scotus · 1895
1 sentence

2005White v. Ewing, 159 U.S. 36 , 39 (1895); Vitterito v. Sportsman's Lodge Restaurant, Inc., 102 R.I. 72 , 80 , 228 A.2d 119 , 124-25 (1967) (generally, a receiver succeeds only to the debtor's rights and takes the debtor's property subject to claims, liens and equities which would affect the debtor if he himself were asserting his interest in the property); 2 Clark on Receivers, § 362.

12005–2005
Vitterito v. Sportsman's Lodge & Restaurant, Inc. green
ri · 1967
1 sentence

2005White v. Ewing, 159 U.S. 36 , 39 (1895); Vitterito v. Sportsman's Lodge Restaurant, Inc., 102 R.I. 72 , 80 , 228 A.2d 119 , 124-25 (1967) (generally, a receiver succeeds only to the debtor's rights and takes the debtor's property subject to claims, liens and equities which would affect the debtor if he himself were asserting his interest in the property); 2 Clark on Receivers, § 362.

12005–2005
Vitterito v. SPORTSMAN'S LODGE & RESTAURANT, ETC. green
ri · 1967
1 sentence

2005White v. Ewing, 159 U.S. 36 , 39 (1895); Vitterito v. Sportsman's Lodge Restaurant, Inc., 102 R.I. 72 , 80 , 228 A.2d 119 , 124-25 (1967) (generally, a receiver succeeds only to the debtor's rights and takes the debtor's property subject to claims, liens and equities which would affect the debtor if he himself were asserting his interest in the property); 2 Clark on Receivers, § 362.

12005–2005
Lee v. Life Insurance Co. of North America green
rid · 1993
2 sentences

1998The Court further stated in Lee, "[i]t is now a bedrock principle that to prove an equal protection claim, a plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant acted with discriminatory intent or purpose." Lee , 829 F. Supp. at 541 .

1998Furthermore, "`discriminatory purpose'. . . implies that the decisionmaker selected a particular course of action because of its adverse effects upon an identifiable group." Id. (quoting Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney , 442 U.S. 256 , 279, 99 S.Ct. 2282, 2296 , 60 L.Ed.2d 870 (1979)).

11998–1998
Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. Feeney green
scotus · 1979
2 sentences

1998Furthermore, "`discriminatory purpose'. . . implies that the decisionmaker selected a particular course of action because of its adverse effects upon an identifiable group." Id. (quoting Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney , 442 U.S. 256 , 279, 99 S.Ct. 2282, 2296 , 60 L.Ed.2d 870 (1979)).

1998Furthermore, "`discriminatory purpose'. . . implies that the decisionmaker selected a particular course of action because of its adverse effects upon an identifiable group." Id. (quoting Personnel Administrator of Massachusetts v. Feeney , 442 U.S. 256 , 279, 99 S.Ct. 2282, 2296 , 60 L.Ed.2d 870 (1979)).

11998–1998

Where else courts name it

CA 108 (1964–2026) TX 71 (1991–2026) MI 57 (2002–2026) NM 56 (1991–2025) PA 36 (1990–2026) NY 35 (1987–2026) NJ 34 (1992–2025) MD 33 (1993–2025) CT 31 (1996–2024) OH 30 (1999–2024) WA 25 (1979–2021) MS 20 (1998–2022) FL 19 (1993–2024) IA 17 (2007–2026) IL 17 (1995–2026) MA 17 (2001–2026) GA 17 (1997–2026) IN 16 (1974–2024) VA 16 (2001–2026) DC 15 (1981–2025) WI 14 (1992–2026) CO 13 (1992–2026) MO 12 (1999–2024) DE 11 (1991–2026) OR 11 (2002–2023) VT 10 (1992–2026) RI 9 (1998–2017) KY 9 (2016–2026) LA 8 (1982–2022) MN 8 (1991–2025) NC 7 (1993–2025) MT 7 (2000–2025) TN 7 (1996–2025) HI 7 (2003–2020) AZ 7 (2003–2021) KS 6 (2004–2024) AL 6 (1997–2015) WV 6 (1984–2024) ME 6 (2002–2020) OK 5 (2008–2024) ID 4 (1985–2018) NH 3 (1999–2020) VI 3 (2023–2025) NE 3 (1989–2024) SC 3 (1976–2025) NV 2 (2013–2020) AK 2 (2021–2025) UT 2 (2009–2019) ND 2 (2024–2026)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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