ZAROOGIAN v. TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT

C.A. No. 88-0178-B.

701 F.Supp. 302 (1988)

Jacqueline M. ZAROOGIAN, Charles W. Hahn, and Sandra J. Scoliard, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. TOWN OF NARRAGANSETT; Vincent T. Izzo, In His Official Capacity As Acting Town Manager For the Town of Narragansett; Joan Bartolomeo, In Her Official Capacity As President Of The Narragansett Town Council; Thomas P. Cronin, Kathleen Fagan, Anne E.N. Hoxsie, and Maurice J. Loonthens, Jr., In Their Official Capacities As Members of the Narragansett Town Council; Ralph Coppa, In His Official Capacity As Director of the Department of Parks And Recreation For The Town of Narragansett; and Karen L. Schick, In Her Capacity As Beach Manager For the Department Of Parks And Recreation For The Town Of Narragansett.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

December 5, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Colenback Savage, Edwards & Angell, Providence, R.I., for plaintiffs.

Edward W. Moses, Susan Antonio Pacheco, Asquith, Merolla, Anderson, Ryan & Wiley, Providence, R.I., John V. Kenny, Wakefield, R.I., for defendants.


OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.

The Plaintiffs in this action seek to have declared as violating the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution an ordinance of the Town of Narragansett which seeks to provide exclusive use of some of its beach facilities to residents of the town only. This is the sole issue in this action.

The Town of Narragansett is located on the westerly shore of Narragansett Bay and nature has blessed the...

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