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ADVISORY OPINION TO GOVERNOR RE CHIEF JUSTICE

No. 85-471-M.P.

500 A.2d 1298 (1985)

ADVISORY OPINION TO the GOVERNOR RE CHIEF JUSTICE.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Flanders, Jr. (Edwards & Angell), Providence, for Gov. Edward D. DiPrete.

Arlene Violet, Atty. Gen., Sheila Tobie Swan, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, Stephen J. Fortunato (McKinnon & Fortunato), Pawtucket, for Grand Lodge RI Order Sons of Italy.

Richard M. Egbert, for Chief Justice Joseph A. Bevilacqua.

Michael P. DeFanti (Hinckley Allen Tobin & Silverstein), Providence, for RI Bar Assn.

Patricia A. Hurst (D'Amico Connor & Hurst), Providence, amicus curiae.

John A. MacFadyen, III, Providence, for American Civil Liberties.

To His Excellency, Edward D. DiPrete, Governor of the State of Rhode Island, The Honorable Matthew J. Smith, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Representatives, and The Honorable John C. Revens, Jr., Majority Leader of the Rhode Island Senate

We have received your request seeking the advice of the justices of this court as to whether the General Assembly may act on a joint resolution such as 85-S16 entitled "Joint Resolution Vacating the Judgeship of Chief Judge...

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