R & R ASSOC. v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE

No. 99-153-A.

765 A.2d 432 (2001)

R & R Associates et al. v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE Water Supply Board et al. v. State of Rhode Island.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 23, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Wieck, Kenneth P. Borden, Thomas H. Quinn, Jr., Bruce R. Ruttenberg, Peter J. Cerilli, Stephen A. Rodio, Rebecca Tedford Partington, Denean M. Russo, Providence, for plaintiff.

Ronald W. DelSesto, Linda Elizabeth Buffardi, Providence, for defendant.

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


OPINION

FLANDERS, Justice.

The fountainhead for deciding this case springs from the statutory and contractual origins of the Scituate Reservoir, a primary source of water for many Rhode Islanders. The Superior Court certified the plaintiffs, L & L Associates and its general partner, Robert LaFerriere, to represent a class of plaintiffs who constituted the "present-day successors in interest to the land and water rights that in 1922 were appurtenant to...

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