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CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE

No. 2001-596-Appeal.

843 A.2d 456 (2004)

CAPITAL PROPERTIES, INC. v. CITY OF PROVIDENCE et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

January 30, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald John Petros, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Caroline Cole Cornwell, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

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

OPINION

SUTTELL, Justice.

A Superior Court award of attorneys' fees brings this protracted controversy before this Court for the third occasion. The defendant, City of Providence (the city), appeals from an award of costs and attorneys' fees to the plaintiff, Capital Properties, Inc. (CPI). The city asserts that the motion justice erred in his interpretation of both Rhode Island and federal statutory law, and by finding that the court has the inherent authority...

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