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GREATER PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE v. STATE

No. 94-153-Appeal.

657 A.2d 1038 (1995)

The GREATER PROVIDENCE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE et al. v. STATE of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 24, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Boehnert, Partridge, Snow & Hahn, Providence, for plaintiffs.

Michael L. Rubin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lauren S. Zurier, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Richard B. Sheffield, G. Quentin Anthony, Newport, Jeanne Shepard, Goldman & Biafore, Providence, Kendra Beaver (DEM), for defendant.

Dennis W. Nixon, Kingston, Robert Kehoe, David C. Slade, Washington, DC, Elizabeth R. Thagard, Boston, MA, S. Paul Ryan, East Providence, Richard Emmet, Boston, MA, for amicus curiae.

OPINION

SHEA, Justice.

This action brought in the Superior Court for Providence County seeks a declaratory judgment regarding the effect of the "Public Trust Doctrine" on certain interests that each plaintiff has in certain real property.1 The plaintiffs, who are the Greater Providence Chamber of Commerce (Chamber of Commerce), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Narragansett Electric Company (electric company), and Providence...

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