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WOMEN & INF. HOSP. v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE

No. 85-381-Appeal.

527 A.2d 651 (1987)

WOMEN & INFANTS HOSPITAL v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven E. Snow, Tillinghast, Collins & Graham, Providence, for plaintiff.

Edward C. Clifton, City Sol., Martin Aisenberg, Jones & Aisenberg, Christophe J. Burke, Providence, for defendants.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Judge.

The facts in this controversy are not in dispute. In 1979 the Providence City Council enacted an antidiscrimination ordinance.1 The council did not seek, nor was it granted, specific authorization for, or ratification of, the enactment of the ordinance from the Rhode Island General Assembly.

Approximately five years after the enactment of the ordinance...

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