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· 3/2/1993

Environmental Scientific Corp. v. Durfee

Citations

  • 621 A.2d 200
  • 1993 R.I. LEXIS 65
  • 1993 WL 54408

How courts have described this case

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  • 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\

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Judges: Fay

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