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· 2/27/1985

Sugarman v. Lewis

Citations

  • 488 A.2d 709
  • 1985 R.I. LEXIS 452

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  • 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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Judges: Bevilacqua

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