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RET. BD. OF EMPLOYEES' RET. SYS. v. DiPRETE

No. 2000-0429-Appeal.

845 A.2d 270 (2004)

The RETIREMENT BOARD OF the EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF the STATE of Rhode Island v. Edward D. DiPRETE et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

March 26, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Palombo, David D. Barricelli, Providence, for Plaintiff.

Robert D. Goldberg, Pawtucket, John D. Lynch, Warwick, for Defendant.

Present: WILLIAMS, C.J., FLAHERTY and SUTTELL, JJ.

OPINION

WILLIAMS, Chief Justice.

Abraham Lincoln once explained that "[t]he legitimate object of government is to do for * * * people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves * * *."1 Implicit in this is an indispensable ingredient of a well-functioning democracy — the element of trust. Public officials are honored with the opportunity to serve the public to benefit the...

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