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SULLIVAN v. CHAFEE

No. 97-156-Appeal.

703 A.2d 748 (1997)

Council President Linda SULLIVAN et al. v. Lincoln D. CHAFEE, in His Capacity as Mayor of the City of Warwick.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

November 14, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Bramley, John J. Harrington, Warwick, for Plaintiff.

William E. Smith, Providence, Marc A. Crisafulli, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS and GOLDBERG, JJ.

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

We speak here of judicial power and justiciability, of indispensable parties and mootness, and of city council budget votes and mayoral vetoes.

The plaintiffs, four current members and one former member of the nine-person Warwick City Council (the council),1 appeal from a Superior Court declaratory judgment concerning a dispute involving the city's municipal budget for the fiscal...

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