KING v. GRAND CHAPTER OF RHODE ISLAND

No. 2006-133-Appeal.

919 A.2d 991 (2007)

Carolyn L. KING v. GRAND CHAPTER OF RHODE ISLAND ORDER OF the EASTERN STAR et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

April 25, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Breggia, Esq., Providence, for Plaintiff.

Robert J. Quigley, Esq., Providence, for Defendant.

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


OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY, for the Court.

Should the courts of this state intervene in the affairs of an unincorporated private organization when a lifelong member of that organization says that she has been suspended from membership unjustly? Carolyn L. King (plaintiff or King) sought and was granted a mandatory preliminary injunction ordering the Grand Chapter of Rhode Island, Order of the Eastern Star (defendant or OES) to reinstate her membership in the...

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