Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 6/30/1978
Kingsley v. Miller
Citations
- 388 A.2d 357
- 120 R.I. 372
- 1978 R.I. LEXIS 689
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- “This court will not ascribe to the General Assembly an intent to enact legislation which is devoid of any purpose, ineffica-cious, or nugatory.”
- “[A] literal reading of a statute may be ignored if it does not convey a sensible meaning or where it defeats an evident legislative purpose.”
- \[A] literal reading of a statute may be ignored if it does not convey a sensible meaning or where it defeats an evident legislative purpose.\
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Judges: Bevilacqua, Joslin, Kelleher, Doris, Weisberger
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30 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. SantosSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2005-03-16· cited 71×
- Berman v. SitrinSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-04-20· cited 55×
- Arnold v. LebelSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2007-12-24· cited 44×
- Howard Union of Teachers v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-07-05· cited 43×
- State v. GonsalvesSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-05-01· cited 41×
- Town of West Greenwich v. A. Cardi Realty AssociatesSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2001-11-21· cited 28×
- Gelch v. State Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-10-19· cited 28×
- Lake v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-04-22· cited 25×
- Dunne Leases Cars & Trucks, Inc. v. Kenworth Truck Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-10-13· cited 24×
- Cocchini v. City of ProvidenceSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1984-07-19· cited 24×
- Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School District v. Exeter-West Greenwich Teachers' Ass'nSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-02-14· cited 21×
- Sugarman v. LewisSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1985-02-27· cited 20×
- Sleboda v. Heirs at Law of HarrisSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-05-02· cited 16×
- Mitchell v. Town of West YellowstoneMontana Supreme Court· 1988-12-08· cited 14×
- Pullen v. StateSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1998-02-05· cited 13×
- West Warwick School Committee v. SouliereSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-06-29· cited 12×
- Tucker Estates Charlestown, LLC v. Town of CharlestownSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-02-27· cited 12×
- Bellevue-Ochre Point Neighborhood Association v. Preservation Society of Newport CountySupreme Court of Rhode Island· 2017-01-09· cited 11×
- Carrillo v. RohrerSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-08-11· cited 6×
- State v. BerberianSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-04-26· cited 4×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Town of Scituate v. O'ROURKESupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-03-04· cited 92×
- Providence Journal Company v. MasonSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-07-08· cited 48×
- Taylor v. MarshallSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-08-15· cited 35×
- Ewing v. FrankSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-11-09· cited 29×
- Pucci v. AlgiereSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1970-01-12· cited 25×
- City of Providence v. Local 799, International Ass'n of FirefightersSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1973-06-07· cited 12×
- Whitman v. MottSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-04-29· cited 9×
- Narragansett Racing Association, Inc. v. NorbergSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1974-03-14· cited 8×
- Baker v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island· 1955-01-27· cited 5×
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