6 Rhode Island opinions name it 2 courts 1962–2014 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.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
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Smith Development Corp. v. Bilow Enterprises, Inc.green2 sentences2007Later, in Mesolella , this Court said the elements of intentional interference with prospective contractual relations “are identical to those required to state a claim based on interference with contractual relations, except for the requirement in the latter that an actual contract exist.” Mesolella, 508 A.2d at 670 (citing Smith Development Corp. v. Bilow Enterprises, Inc., 112 R.I. 203, 211 , 308 A.2d 477, 482 (1972)). 2007Later, in Mesolella , this Court said the elements of intentional interference with prospective contractual relations “are identical to those required to state a claim based on interference with contractual relations, except for the requirement in the latter that an actual contract exist.” Mesolella, 508 A.2d at 670 (citing Smith Development Corp. v. Bilow Enterprises, Inc., 112 R.I. 203, 211 , 308 A.2d 477, 482 (1972)). | 1 | 1 |
Rosenblatt v. Baergreen2 sentences2004The Court quoted the test set out in Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 85-86 , 86 S.Ct. 669 , 15 L.Ed.2d 597 (1966), which specified that a public official has or appears “ ‘to the public to have, substantial responsibility for or control over the conduct of governmental affairs,’ ” and his or her position “ ‘has such apparent importance that the public has an independent interest in the qualifications and performance of the person who holds it, beyond the general public interest in the qualifications and performance of all government employees * * ” Hall, 490 A.2d at 504 (quoting Gray v. Udevi 2004The Court quoted the test set out in Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 85-86 , 86 S.Ct. 669 , 15 L.Ed.2d 597 (1966), which specified that a public official has or appears “ ‘to the public to have, substantial responsibility for or control over the conduct of governmental affairs,’ ” and his or her position “ ‘has such apparent importance that the public has an independent interest in the qualifications and performance of the person who holds it, beyond the general public interest in the qualifications and performance of all government employees * * ” Hall, 490 A.2d at 504 (quoting Gray v. Udevi | 1 | 1 |
Delbert Gray v. Norman Udevitz, and Denver Post, Inc., a Colorado Corporation, Defendantsgreen1 sentence2004The Court quoted the test set out in Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 85-86 , 86 S.Ct. 669 , 15 L.Ed.2d 597 (1966), which specified that a public official has or appears “ ‘to the public to have, substantial responsibility for or control over the conduct of governmental affairs,’ ” and his or her position “ ‘has such apparent importance that the public has an independent interest in the qualifications and performance of the person who holds it, beyond the general public interest in the qualifications and performance of all government employees * * ” Hall, 490 A.2d at 504 (quoting Gray v. Udevi | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
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| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Rhode Island. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Greenhalgh v. McCanna
neutral
2 sentences1962I. 417, 158 A.2d 878 , the court quoted the rule with approval and applied it to the facts of that case. 1962Only recently, in Greenhalgh v. McCanna, R.I. 158 A.2d 878 , the court quoted the rule with approval and applied it to the facts of that case. | 2 | 1962–1962 |
DeMarco v. Travelers Insurance Co.
green
2 sentences2014The argument propounded by Travelers, that the judgment satisfied order rendered DeMarco’s § 27-7-2.2 claim moot, amounts to the same form-over-substance analysis that we rejected unequivocally in DeMarco I, 26 A.3d at 624 (citing Etheridge, 480 A.2d at 1345 ). 2014The argument propounded by Travelers, that the judgment satisfied order rendered DeMarco’s § 27-7-2.2 claim moot, amounts to the same form-over-substance analysis that we rejected unequivocally in DeMarco I, 26 A.3d at 624 (citing Etheridge, 480 A.2d at 1345 ). | 1 | 2014–2014 |
Etheridge v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance
green
2 sentences2014The argument propounded by Travelers, that the judgment satisfied order rendered DeMarco’s § 27-7-2.2 claim moot, amounts to the same form-over-substance analysis that we rejected unequivocally in DeMarco I, 26 A.3d at 624 (citing Etheridge, 480 A.2d at 1345 ). 2014The argument propounded by Travelers, that the judgment satisfied order rendered DeMarco’s § 27-7-2.2 claim moot, amounts to the same form-over-substance analysis that we rejected unequivocally in DeMarco I, 26 A.3d at 624 (citing Etheridge, 480 A.2d at 1345 ). | 1 | 2014–2014 |
Bakare v. Pinnacle Health Hospitals, Inc.
green
1 sentence2009Furthermore, the HCQIA includes a presumption that a professional review action meets the above quoted standard unless "rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence." Bakare v. Pinnacle Health, Inc. , 469 F. Supp.2d 272 , 287 (M.D. | 1 | 2009–2009 |
Federal Auto Body Works, Inc. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
green
1 sentence2007In Federal Auto Body, this Court quoted the rule according to the Restatement (Second) Torts § 766B at 20 (1979): “One who intentionally and improperly interferes with another’s prospective contractual relation (except contract to marry) is subject to liability to the other for the pecuniary harm resulting from loss of the benefits of the relation, whether the interference consists of (a) inducing or otherwise causing a third person not to enter into or continue the prospective relation or (b) preventing the other from acquiring or continuing the prospective relation.” Federal Auto Body, 447 A | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Mesolella v. City of Providence
green
1 sentence2007Later, in Mesolella , this Court said the elements of intentional interference with prospective contractual relations “are identical to those required to state a claim based on interference with contractual relations, except for the requirement in the latter that an actual contract exist.” Mesolella, 508 A.2d at 670 (citing Smith Development Corp. v. Bilow Enterprises, Inc., 112 R.I. 203, 211 , 308 A.2d 477, 482 (1972)). | 1 | 2007–2007 |
Hall v. Rogers
green
1 sentence2004The Court quoted the test set out in Rosenblatt v. Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 85-86 , 86 S.Ct. 669 , 15 L.Ed.2d 597 (1966), which specified that a public official has or appears “ ‘to the public to have, substantial responsibility for or control over the conduct of governmental affairs,’ ” and his or her position “ ‘has such apparent importance that the public has an independent interest in the qualifications and performance of the person who holds it, beyond the general public interest in the qualifications and performance of all government employees * * ” Hall, 490 A.2d at 504 (quoting Gray v. Udevi | 1 | 2004–2004 |
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.