Sugarman v. Lewis

How courts have described this case

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

• reviewing well-settled case law granting authority over subdivision to planning boards
• reviewing well-settled case law granting authority over subdivision to planning boards
• “[W]e will not allow ourselves to be blindly enslaved to the literal reading of statutes when to do so would defeat or frustrate the evident intendment of the [L]egislature.”

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kirby v. Planning Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-11-26· cited 78×
• Ellis v. Rhode Island Public Transit Authority
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-02-11· cited 76×
• Berman v. Sitrin
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2010-04-20· cited 55×
• Pardey v. Boulevard Billiard Club
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-12-22· cited 44×
• Lake v. State
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-04-22· cited 25×
• Jackvony v. Poncelet
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1991-01-03· cited 19×
• Kachanis v. Board of Review, Department of Employment and Training
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1994-03-14· cited 12×
• Beaupre v. Boulevard Billiard Club
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1986-06-05· cited 8×
• Quigley v. Town of Glocester
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1987-02-13· cited 7×
• Reynolds v. Town of Jamestown
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-06-18· cited 7×
• Town of Charlestown v. Falcone
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1989-06-21· cited 3×
• Rhode Island CATV Corp. v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1988-05-20· cited 2×
• Sullivan v. Ret. Bd. of Emp. Ret. System
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2011-09-14
• Waterman v. McKinnon, 97-3572 (1998)
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 1998-05-08
• Michael West Michael West v. McDonald
  Superior Court of Rhode Island· 2008-08-07
• Freepoint Solar LLC v. Richmond Zoning Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2022-05-11

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Town of Scituate v. O'ROURKE
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-03-04· cited 92×
• Citizens for Preservation of Waterman Lake v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1980-09-19· cited 61×
• Raheb v. Lemenski
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1976-01-27· cited 60×
• Warren Education Association v. Lapan
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-11-30· cited 40×
• Mesolella v. City of Providence
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-01-20· cited 38×
• Kingsley v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-06-30· cited 37×
• Taylor v. Marshall
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1977-08-15· cited 35×
• Town of Coventry v. Glickman
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1981-05-05· cited 32×
• Cabral v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1967-06-08· cited 13×
• Slawson v. Zoning Board of Review
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1966-02-25· cited 11×
• Weaver v. United Congregational Church
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-07-07· cited 9×
• Carrillo v. Rohrer
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1982-08-11· cited 6×
• NORTH PROVIDENCE SHCOOL COMMITTEE v. Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1979-11-21· cited 6×