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· 3/27/1981

Davis v. Wood

Citations

  • 427 A.2d 332
  • 11 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20
  • 1981 R.I. LEXIS 1059

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  • holding that the directive \that activities relating to management of solid waste be conducted in an environmentally sound manner\ was a sufficiently intelligible standard
  • stating that \[a]s long as the Legislature that creates the agency demonstrates standards or principles to confine and guide the agency's power\ the court should sustain the delegation
  • finding that questioning by the hearing officer was for clarification of the issues and therefore did not display prejudice, and that the hearing officer's subsequent appearance in Superior Court as an adversary did not prove bias at the earlier hearing
  • \[A] hearing officer must be impartial and must not attempt to establish proof to support the position of any party to the controversy.\

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Judges: Kelleher, Shea

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