Environmental Scientific Corp. v. Durfee

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Rule 19 applied to an appeal in the Superior Court from the Public Service Commission
• stating that, in a multi-tiered system of administrative review, the Hearing Officer's credibility determinations are owed great deference
• finding that credibility determinations are necessarily implicated in a hearing officer's decision where the officer hears testimony from experts on both sides
• describing the two-tiered review employed by certain agencies and analogizing said review to a \funnellike system\ wherein this Court will afford a high level of deference upon review
• discussing significant deference owed to the fact-finder in a two-tier administrative process
• \The Superior Court is confined to a determination of whether there is any legally competent evidence to support the agency's decision\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

122 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Johnston Ambulatory Surgical Associates, Ltd. v. Nolan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-07-12· cited 169×
• Rhode Island Public Telecommunications Authority v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-12-02· cited 101×
• Baker v. Department of Employment & Training Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-02-11· cited 65×
• Rhode Island Temps, Inc. v. Department of Labor & Training
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2000-04-27· cited 44×
• Bogosian v. Bederman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-06-02· cited 44×
• Auto Body Ass'n of Rhode Island v. State, Department of Business Regulation
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-06-04· cited 33×
• Tierney v. Department of Human Services
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2002-03-28· cited 30×
• Birchwood Realty, Inc. v. Grant
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-06-25· cited 27×
• Ritland v. Arizona State Board of Medical Examiners
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-08-17· cited 25×
• State v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1997-05-20· cited 22×
• Pierce v. Providence Retirement Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2011-03-02· cited 19×
• Andreozzi v. Andreozzi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2003-01-14· cited 15×
• Link v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-11-24· cited 8×
• POWER TEST REALTY COMPANY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. Janet COIT, in Her Official Capacity as Director of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2016-03-04· cited 8×
• RI Pub. Tel. Auth. v. RI Labor Rel. Bd.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-12-02· cited 2×
• Rollingwood Acres, Inc. v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2019-06-24· cited 1×
• Pascoag Fire District v. Public Utilities Commission
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-01-21· cited 1×
• Pomon v. Usaa President Davis
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2009-06-24
• Northeast Lightning v. Rhode Island Dept. of Labor, 05-3164 (ri.super 2006)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2006-01-03
• Newport School Committee v. Rhode Island State L.R.B., 94-0017 (2001)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2001-08-24

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Milardo v. Coastal Resources Management Council
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-09-01· cited 325×
• Costa v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-07-08· cited 255×
• Barrington School Committee v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1992-05-08· cited 194×
• Sartor v. Coastal Resources Management Council
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-05-24· cited 87×
• Laganiere v. Bonte Spinning Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-12-06· cited 42×
• Berkshire Cablevision of Rhode Island, Inc. v. Burke
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-02-20· cited 34×
• Davol, Inc. v. Aguiar
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-07-19· cited 29×
• Easton's Point Ass'n v. Coastal Resources Management Council
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-03-10· cited 21×
• Hicks v. Vennerbeck & Clase Co.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-05-05· cited 16×
• Hometown Properties, Inc. v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-06-05· cited 15×
• Mulcahey v. New England Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-02-21· cited 14×
• Vito v. Department of Environmental Management
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-04-11· cited 11×
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Janes
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-02-04· cited 10×
• Grimes Box Co., Inc. v. Miguel
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-06-03· cited 7×
• Verte v. Mearthane Products Corp.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-12-07· cited 3×
• Miller v. American Airlines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1990-11-13· cited 2×