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O'CONNELL v. RIME

No. 96-441-Appeal.

710 A.2d 674 (1998)

Kevin O'CONNELL et all. v. Thomas RIME et ail.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

May 4, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Brown, Gardner H. Palmer, Providence, for Plaintiffs.

Daniel Kemp Kinder, Marc DeSisto, Kathleen M. Powers, Robert G. Sullivan, Providence, for Defendants.

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

OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

"What's in a name?"1 Does a municipal enactment smell as sweet legally whether it is called a resolution, an ordinance, or, for that matter, by any other name? In the context of this case we must decide if a town council's resolution creating a pension fund for disabled police officers and firefighters ran afoul of enabling legislation authorizing the council to create the fund and to establish...

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