Berthiaume v. SCHOOL COM. OF CITY OF WOONSOCKET

How courts have described this case

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• holding that prejudice must be proven and cannot be inferred from a mere passage of time in asserting the defense of laches
• explaining that “[t]he mere passage of time is insufficient to invoke the defense of laches”
• stating that \the mere passage of time is insufficient to invoke the defense of laches; what is crucial are the changes brought about by the passage of time\
• employing the expressio unius est exclusio alterius maxim in interpreting the meaning of a contract
• observing courts should effectuate implied repeal of potentially conflicting laws only when laws \irreconcilably repugnant\
• “Only when the two statutory provisions are irreconcilably repugnant will a repeal be implied and the last-enacted statute be preferred.”

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