Power v. City of Providence

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• recognizing equal protection violated only where classification not related to legitimate legislative objective
• recognizing constitutionality of statute remains question of law falling within judicial purview
• explaining that Appellant was not compelled to exhaust administrative appeals still available to him because the only question to be resolved was whether passage of the Providence Retirement Act constituted a violation of the Rhode Island Fair Employment Practices Act
• contracts entered into in contravention of a state statute are illegal, and no contract rights are created thereby.
• contracts in contravention of state law are illegal

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