Souza v. O'HARA

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing the “well-established principle that the abrogation of a common-law right by statute requires that the legislative intent to do so be clearly expressed”
• Rhode Island has long recognized common law marriages.

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Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gott v. Norberg
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-07-08· cited 61×
• Seibert v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-02-05· cited 43×
• Mesolella v. City of Providence
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-01-20· cited 38×
• Ayers-Schaffner v. Solomon
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1983-06-16· cited 30×
• Augustine v. Langlais
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-07-03· cited 24×
• Wood v. Lussier
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-07-07· cited 18×
• Stephan v. Shulman
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-05-04· cited 15×
• Bionomic Church of Rhode Island v. Gerardi
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-05-01· cited 14×
• Traugott v. Petit
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-07-27· cited 10×
• Berberian v. Rhode Island Bar Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-01-30· cited 8×
• Smith v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2009-03-09· cited 4×
• Fitch v. Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-01-06· cited 3×
• United States v. Lawton
  U.S. Army Court of Military Review· 1985-01-24· cited 1×
• Quality Cab, Inc. v. Division of Public Utilities, Pc91-5433 (1997)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 1997-05-02
• Aloisio v. Zoning Board of Review of the City of Providence, 98-5273 (1999)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 1999-12-01
• Dulgarian v. Zoning Bd. City Providence
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2010-01-05
• United States v. Nunez
  D. Vermont· 1996-05-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aniello v. Marcello
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1960-06-24· cited 38×
• Sardonis v. Sardonis
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1970-01-22· cited 27×
• Town of North Kingstown v. North Kingstown Teachers Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1972-11-30· cited 27×
• Eugene Cervi & Co. v. Russell
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1974-03-18· cited 18×
• DiRaimo v. DiRaimo
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-03-23· cited 11×
• Demers v. Adamson
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-07-10· cited 10×
• Daluz v. Hawksley
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-02-23· cited 7×

Other cases named Souza v. O'HARA

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Souza v. O'Hara
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-06-23