Housing Authority of Providence v. Oropeza

How courts have described this case

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• framing “essential question” as whether an activity is governmental or proprietaiy in the context of city housing authority notwithstanding fact that the housing authority was created by statute
• framing “essential question” as whether an activity is governmental or proprietary in the context of city housing authority notwithstanding fact that the housing authority was created by statute
• “[T]he function at issue here, namely, the providing of security within and by the housing authority is proprietary in nature.”
• “[T]he function at issue here, namely, the providing of security within and by the housing authority is proprietary in nature.”
• “[I]t is well settled that neither the state nor its political subdivisions are so shielded [from prejudgment interest] when the function performed that gave rise to the tort liability was proprietary rather than governmental in nature.”
• “[I]t is well settled that neither the state nor its political subdivisions are so shielded [from prejudgment interest] when the function performed that gave rise to the tort liability was proprietary rather than governmental in nature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).