CITY OF PAWTUCKET et al.
v.
Bruce SUNDLUN et al.
CITY OF WOONSOCKET et al.
v.
Bruce SUNDLUN et al.
EAST GREENWICH SCHOOL COMMITTEE et al.
v.
CITY OF PAWTUCKET et al.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 20, 1995.
July 20, 1995.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Stephen Robinson, Katherine Merolla, Julie Underwood, Providence, for City of Pawtucket.
Ronald W. DelSesto, Peter Leach, James E. Bilodeau, Jr., Providence, for City of Providence.
Joseph V. Cavanagh, Jr., Michael P. DiBiase, Raymond A. Marcaccio, Providence, for East Greenwich School Committee.
Edward M. Fogarty, Providence, for John C. Revens et al.
Bradford A. Gorham, Providence, for Town of Westerly.
Bradford Gorham, Providence, for Exeter-West Greenwich School Dept.
Gregory Piccirilli, Cranston, for Foster Glocester Regional School.
Amato A. DeLuca, Lori L. Creswell, Providence, for Jamestown School Committee.
David J. Kehoe, Warwick, for South Kingstown School Committee.
Joseph S. Larisa, Jr., Patrick Augustus Guida, Suzanne Worrell Gemma, Providence, for Bruce Sundlun et al.
Edmund L. Alves, Jr., Providence, for Town of East Greenwich.
Lynette J. Labinger, Providence, Paul Minorini, Washington, DC, Helen Hershkoff, New York City, Patricia A. Brannan, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae ACLU.
James J. McGair, Providence, for amicus curiae Public Educ. Fund.
Gerald Resnick, Hackensack, NJ, Girard R. Visconti, Providence, for amicus curiae Health and Educ. Leadership for Providence.
Forrest L. Avila, Providence, for the Com'r. of Educ.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
OPINION
LEDERBERG, Justice.
These consolidated cases have challenged the means by which the General Assembly fulfills its constitutional mandate to provide public education in Rhode Island. They present to this Supreme Court our first opportunity to review the charge of article 12 of the Rhode Island Constitution that the General Assembly promote public schools and secure to the people of this state the advantages and opportunities of education. For the...
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