HOOPER v. GOLDSTEIN

No. 184-M. P.

241 A.2d 809 (1968)

William C. HOOPER v. Harry GOLDSTEIN et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Reargument Denied June 19, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beals, Sweeney, & Jerue, David F. Sweeney, Providence, for petitioner.

Robert J. McOsker, City Sol., Edward F. Malloy, Asst. City Sol., Providence, for respondents.


OPINION

JOSLIN, Justice.

By a writ of certiorari the petitioner seeks to quash a decision of the respondent hearing board dismissing him or approving his dismissal from the police department of the city of Providence.

The case arises out of a series of events which took place on the morning of April 25, 1967. The petitioner, then a member of the city's permanent police department for about 11 years, had been detailed to prevent automobile traffic...

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