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5 canonical passages across 5 cases, quoted by 67 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Destefano v. Zoning Board of Review.

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1 Destefano v. Zoning Board of Review Anchor
ri · 1979
green “must examine the entire record to determine whether substantial' evidence exists to support the board's findings.” 30
2 Notre Dame Cemetery v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board
ri · 1977
green “essentially an appellate proceeding.” 16
3 Caswell v. George Sherman Sand & Gravel Co.
ri · 1981
green “in reviewing a decision of a zoning board of review, the trial justice must examine the whole record to determine whether the findings of the zoning board were supported by substantial evidence.” 9
4 Mill Realty Associates v. Crowe
ri · 2004
green “the trial justice may not substitute his or her judgment for that of the zoning board if he or she can conscientiously find that the board's decision was supported by substantial evidence in the whole record.” 8
5 Lischio v. Zoning Board of Review of North Kingstown
ri · 2003
green “who wanted to establish a right to dimensional relief were not required to demonstrate a loss of all beneficial use of the parcel in the absence of dimensional relief.” 4

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