Narragansett Electric Company v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging persuasive authority of federal decisions interpreting statutes with language similar to Rhode Island statutes
• acknowledging persuasive authority of federal decisions interpreting statutes with language similar to Rhode Island statutes
• looking to the federal act for guidance relating to the meaning of a state statute where the language was nearly identical
• appropriate to refer to federal decisions dealing with Title VII of Civil Rights Act because its provisions are \virtually the same\ as Rhode Island provisions

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