KELLS v. TOWN OF LINCOLN

No. 2004-239-Appeal.

874 A.2d 204 (2005)

Robert T. KELLS v. TOWN OF LINCOLN et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Goldberg, Pawtucket, for Petitioner.

James P. Marusak, Providence, for Respondent.

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


OPINION

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Does the charter of the Town of Lincoln permit the town administrator to terminate, without a hearing or just cause, the employment of the Lincoln chief of police? What is the proper process, pursuant to the charter, for removing the chief of police, and has the current town administrator attempted to circumvent that process? These are the essential questions in the defendants' appeal of a Superior Court judgment obtained by the...

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