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IN RE REQUEST OF THE SENATE FOR AN ADV. OPINION

No. 97-81-M.P.

696 A.2d 277 (1997)

In re REQUEST OF THE SENATE FOR AN ADVISORY OPINION (Election of Lieutenant Governor by the General Assembly in Grand Committee).

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Fogarty, M. Teresa Paiva Weed, Middletown, Lisa Dinerman, Special Asst. Attorney General, John A. MacFadyen, 3rd., Richard P. Kearns, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Joseph Kelly, Michael Sullivan, Warwick, Harris Weiner, Joseph S. Larisa, Jr., Providence, for Defendant.

Before WEISBERGER, C.J., and LEDERBERG, BOURCIER, FLANDERS and SHEA (Retired) JJ.

To the Honorable, the Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations:

We have received from Your Honors a resolution requesting, in accordance with article 10, section 3, of the Constitution of the State of Rhode Island, our written opinion on the constitutionality of proposed legislation that would provide for the filling of vacancies in the office of Lieutenant Governor. Specifically, we have been asked to determine:

"Would the proposed act...

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