STATE, DEPT. OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES v. R.I. COUNCIL 94, AFL-CIO

No. 96-77-Appeal.

713 A.2d 1250 (1998)

STATE of Rhode Island DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES v. RHODE ISLAND COUNCIL 94, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, et all.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin J. Aucoin, for plaintiff.

Gerard P. Cobleigh, Warwick, and Patricia E. Andrews, Washington, DC, for defendant.

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


OPINIION

FLANDERS, Justice.

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