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CUMMINGS v. GODIN

No. 75-318-Appeal.

377 A.2d 1071 (1977)

John A. CUMMINGS, Mayor of the City of Woonsocket, v. Wilfred L. GODIN.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

August 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Brenner, Asst. City Solicitor, Woonsocket, for plaintiff.

Abedon, Stanzler, Biener, Skolnik & Lipsey, Richard A. Skolnik, Providence, for defendant.

Francis A. Gaschen, Little, Little, McDonald & Gaschen, East Providence, for amicus curiae, Rhode Island Affiliate, ACLU, Inc.

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in a declaratory judgment action. The Mayor of Woonsocket sought a judgment in Superior Court declaring that the provisions of the Woonsocket Home Rule Charter prohibiting city employees from holding elective offices are constitutional1 and that the defendant, a public school teacher in the city of Woonsocket, is a city employee to whom these provisions are applicable. The...

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