TRAFFORD v. PENNO

Civ. A. No. 90-465B.

800 F.Supp. 1052 (1992)

John TRAFFORD d/b/a Reservoir Estates v. Benjamin PENNO, in his official capacity as a Member of the Coventry Planning Commission and Individually, Marcel Valois, Raymond Monahan, Iganazio J. Fontana, Kevin McGee, Barbara D'Amato, Frank C. Messina, Brian Bamford, Richard Palazzo, and Charles LaPointe, in their official capacity as members of the Coventry Planning Commission, and James Kiley, Raymond Byrnes, Ernest Legault, Edward Carley, and James Spearman, in their official capacity as Members of the Coventry Town Council, and Barry Yeaw, in his official capacity as Finance Director, Raquel E. Storti, in her official capacity, and John Assalone, Jr., and Robert Forcier, Individually.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

September 14, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arlene Marie Violet, Arlene Violet & Law Assoc., Barrington, R.I., Ina P. Schiff, Providence, R.I., for plaintiff.

Paul Kevin Sprague, Robinson & Sprague, Warwick, R.I., Charles T. Rennick, Jr., Coventry, R.I., for Penno, et al.

Richard P. Sullivan, Lenihan, Moone, Gallogly, Comolli & Grady, Westerly, R.I., for Penno, Storti, Assalone, Forcier et al.

Arnold N. Montaquila, Arnold N. Montaquila, Ltd., Providence, R.I., for Assalone, Forcier.

Scott J. Summer, Arnold N. Montaquila, Ltd., Providence, R.I., for Forcier.


OPINION

FRANCIS J. BOYLE, Chief Judge.

This case presents the tale of a disgruntled developer, seeking an unknown quantity in damages for a short delay in pre-application approval of a subdivision plan by the Coventry Planning Commission ("Commission"). Plaintiff, John T. Trafford, claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 a denial of his rights under the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment, resulting from an alleged conspiracy to deny Plaintiff...

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