Rhode Island General Laws

R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-5-28 (2026)

Right to judicial review or enforcement

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Any complainant, intervener, or respondent claiming to be aggrieved by a final order of the commission may obtain judicial review of the order, and the commission or any party may obtain an order of court for enforcement of a final order as described in § 28-5-24, in a proceeding as provided in §§ 28-5-28 — 28-5-36. That proceeding shall be brought in the superior court of the state within any county in which the unlawful employment practices that are the subject of the commission’s order were committed or in which any respondent, required in the order to cease and desist from unfair employment practices or to take other affirmative action, resides or transacts business.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 12 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1977–2025 · leading case: Augustina Mokwenyei v. Rhode Island Hosp., 198 A.3d 17 (R.I. 2018).

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Augustina Mokwenyei v. Rhode Island Hosp., 198 A.3d 17 (R.I. 2018). · cites it 3× “This shall terminate all proceedings before the commission and shall give to the complainant the right to commence suit in the superior court within any county as provided in § 28-5-28 within ninety (90) days after the granting of the request.”

Gonsalves v. Alpine Country Club, 563 F. Supp. 1283 (D.R.I. 1983). · cites it 5× “G.L. § 28-5-28, 2 appealed that decision to the Rhode Island Superior Court (County of Providence).”

Dep't of Corr. of State of Ri v. Tucker, 657 A.2d 546 (R.I. 1995). · cites it 2× “1956 (1986 Reenactment) § 28-5-28. Rhode Island has long accepted and applied the doctrine of res judicata in respect to decisions of the courts of this state and the courts of other states.”

Mine Saf. Appliances Co. v. Berry, 620 A.2d 1255 (R.I. 1993). “1956 (1986 Reenactment) § 28-5-28 and G.L.1956 (Í988 Reenactment) § 42-35-15.”

Johnson v. Newport Cnty. Chapter for Retarded Citizens, Inc., 799 A.2d 289 (R.I. 2002). “— (b) * * * The complainant has the right to commence suit in the superior court in any county as provided in § 28-5-28 within ninety (90) days of'the date of the right to sue letter, a copy of which shall be sent to all parties.”

Chang v. Univ. of Rhode Island, 375 A.2d 925 (R.I. 1977). “1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-5-28, which provides for Superior Court review of final decisions of the Commission for Human Rights; and the Administrative Procedures Act, G.”

Berard v. Ryder Student Transp. Servs., Inc., 767 A.2d 81 (R.I. 2001). “This terminates all proceedings before the commission and gives to the complainant the right to commence suit in the superior court in any county as provided in § 28-5-28 within ninety (90) days after the granting of the request.”

Rhode Island State Police v. Madison, 508 A.2d 678 (R.I. 1986). “This shall terminate all proceedings before the commission and shall give to the complainant the right to commence suit in the Superior Court within any county as provided in § 28-5-28 within ninety (90) days after the granting of such request.”

Noviello v. State of Rhode Island Dep't of Mental Health Retardation & Hospitals, 142 F.R.D. 581 (D.R.I. 1991). · cites it 2× “This shall terminate all proceedings before the commission and shall give to the complainant the right to commence suit in the suit in the Superior Court within any county as provided in Section 28-5-28 within ninety (90) days after the granting of such request.”

Cote v. State of Rhode Island (D.R.I. 2025). · cites it 4× “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-5-28. Through the statute, the state expressly extended the protection of its employment discrimination law to those employed by the state, thereby subjecting itself to liability and waiving its immunity from suit in certain contexts.”

Curtis W. Andrade v. Westlo Mgmt. LLC (R.I. 2022). · cites it 3× “Westlo specifically states that the commission, as support for its motion to intervene, cited to G.L. 1956 § 28-5-28, which does not provide a statutory basis for the commission’s intervention in this case.”

Nicholas R. Cote v. State of Rhode Island, et al., 2025 DNH 030 (D.N.H. 2025). “See R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-5-28. Through the statute, the state expressly extended the protection of its employment discrimination law to those employed by the state, thereby subjecting itself to liability and waiving its immunity from suit in certain contexts.”

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