OSTER v. TELLIER

No. 86-239-Appeal.

544 A.2d 128 (1988)

Gerald A. OSTER et al. v. Leo H. TELLIER, Jr., et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph T. Little, East Providence, for plaintiffs.

George M. Prescott, Lincoln, for defendants.


OPINION

MURRAY, Justice.

This is an appeal by Lincoln taxpayers (plaintiffs) in a class action against Leo H. Tellier, Jr., tax assessor, and Claudette Paine, finance director for the town of Lincoln, Rhode Island (defendants). A Superior Court justice found that the defendants illegally assessed the tangible personal property of the members of the plaintiff class in violation of both the equal protection clause of the United States Constitution and article...

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