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5 courts1 law school3 law libraries80+ judges4,376 opinions mention this place
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Federal courts in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island District CourtDistrict Court · Providence
- Rhode Island Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court · Providence
State courts in Rhode Island
- Supreme Court of Rhode IslandState Supreme Court
- Superior Court of Rhode IslandState Appellate Court
- Rhode Island Vice Admiralty CourtState Special Court
Landmark decisions involving Rhode Island
- Roper v. Simmons (2005)543 U.S. 551
- Grutter v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 306
- Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)539 U.S. 244
- McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003)540 U.S. 93overruled
- United States v. Morrison (2000)529 U.S. 598
- Stenberg v. Carhart (2000)530 U.S. 914
- Saenz v. Roe (1999)526 U.S. 489
- City of Boerne v. Flores (1997)521 U.S. 507
- Washington v. Glucksberg (1997)521 U.S. 702
- Agostini v. Felton Chancellor Board of Education of the City of New York (1997)521 U.S. 203
- Employment Division v. Smith (1990)494 U.S. 872
- Will v. Michigan Department of State Police (1989)491 U.S. 58
- Healy v. Beer Institute (1989)491 U.S. 324
- Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation (1987)483 U.S. 468
- Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)478 U.S. 186overruled
- Rhode Island v. Innis (1980)446 U.S. 291
- Meek v. Pittinger (1975)421 U.S. 349overruled
- Furman v. Georgia (1972)408 U.S. 238
- Shapiro v. Thompson (1969)394 U.S. 618overruled
- Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968)391 U.S. 510
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co. (1968)392 U.S. 409
- Afroyim v. Rusk (1967)387 U.S. 253
- South Carolina v. Katzenbach (1966)383 U.S. 301
- Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)376 U.S. 1
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Recent opinions from Rhode Island courts
- 208 A3D 557Cranston Police Retirees Action Committee v. The City of Cranston, by and through its Finance Director Robert Strom and its City Treasurer David Capuano (2019)
- 209 A3D 1162Management Capital, L.L.C. v. F.A.F., Inc. (2019)
- 203 A3D 1167Austin Yattaw v. The City of East Providence (2019)
- 203 A3D 1175Cody-Allen Zab v. Katherine Zab (2019)
- 213 A3D 417Wenda Branson v. Marion P. Louttit, individually and in her capacities as Trustee of the Augusta P. Hathaway Living Trust and Custodian for Jonathan H. Louttit, II and Caroline Hathaway Louttit, minor children (2019)
- 202 A3D 217Thomas Shannahan v. Charles D. Moreau (2019)
- 208 A3D 1195In re Michael F. Kraemer (Determination that an Inactive Member of the Bar not be Required to Maintain Membership in the Rhode Island Bar Association) (2019)
- 199 A3D 1046State v. Jody Johnson (2019)
- 384 FSUPP3D 227CVS Pharmacy, Inc. v. Lavin (2019)
- 207 A3D 1007Chariho Regional School District, by and through the Chariho Regional School Committee v. State of Rhode Island (2019)
- 211 A3D 938State v. Joel Najera (2019)
- 210 A3D 409State v. Mario Souto (2019)
Law schools in Rhode Island
- Roger Williams School of LawABA · Bristol
Law libraries in Rhode Island
- Rhode Island State Law Library · Providence
- Roger Williams Univ. Law LIbrary · Bristol
- U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit Satellite Library · Providence
Judges who served in Rhode Island
Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.
- Alfred Hahn Joslin
- Antonio A. Capotosto
Arthur Lewis Brown- Arthur N Votolato
Benjamin Bourne
Bruce Marshall Selya- Charles Bradley
- Charles Matteson
- Charles Stearns
- Clarke Johnson
- Daniel Lyman
David Howell
David Leonard Barnes- Diane Finkle
- Edmund Flynn
Edward Lawrence Leahy
Edward William Day
Ernest C. Torres- Florence Kerins Murray
- Francis Condon
- Francis Flaherty
Francis Joseph Boyle- Francis Willet
- Frank Williams
- George Brayton
George Moulton Carpenter- G. Frederick Frost
- Gideon Cornell
- Gilbert V. Indeglia
Henry Marchant- Hopkins Stephen
- Hugh B. Baker
Ira Lloyd Letts- Isaac Wilbour
- James Burrill jr
- James Fenner
- Jeremiah Edward O'Connell
- Job Durfee
John Christopher Mahoney- John Cole
- John F. Doris
- John Gardner
John James McConnell Jr.
John Patrick Hartigan- John Paul Bourcier
John Pitman
John Power Knowles- John Stiness
Jonathan Russell Bullock- Joseph A. Bevilacqua
- Joseph Robert Weisberger
- Joshua Babcock
LeBaron Bradford Colt
Mary M. Lisi
Mary Susan McElroy- Maureen McKenna Goldberg
Melissa Raye DuBose- Metcalf Bowler
- Pardon Tillinghast
- Paul Suttell
- Peleg Arnold
Raymond James Pettine- Robert G. Flanders jr
Ronald Rene Lagueux- Samuel Ames
- Samuel Eddy
- Samuel Ward
- Shearjashub Bourne
- Thomas Durfee
- Thomas F. Kelleher
- Thomas Frederic Fay
- Thomas H. Roberts
- Thomas Joseph Paolino
- Victoria Lederberg
- William Edmonds Powers
- William Ellery
William E. Smith- William Greene
- William Robinson
- William Sweetland
Find legal help in Rhode Island
Practice-area guides and local resources for Rhode Island.
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Cities in Rhode Island
Ordered by number of opinions mentioning each city.
- Adamsville
- Albion
- Ashaway
- Barrington
- Block Island
- Bradford
- Bristol
- Carolina
- Central Falls
- Charlestown
- Chepachet
- Clayville
- Coventry
- Cranston
- Cumberland
- East Greenwich
- East Providence
- Exeter
- Fiskeville
- Forestdale
- Foster
- Glendale
- Greene
- Greenville
- Harmony
- Harrisville
- Hope
- Hope Valley
- Hopkinton
- Jamestown
- Johnston
- Kingston
- Lincoln
- Little Compton
- Manville
- Mapleville
- Middletown
- Narragansett
- Newport
- North Kingstown
- North Providence
- North Scituate
- North Smithfield
- Oakland
- Pascoag
- Pawtucket
- Peace Dale
- Portsmouth
- Providence
- Prudence Island
- Riverside
- Rockville
- Rumford
- Saunderstown
- Shannock
- Slatersville
- Slocum
- Smithfield
- Tiverton
- Wakefield
- Warren
- Warwick
- West Greenwich
- West Kingston
- West Warwick
- Westerly
- Wood River Junction
- Woonsocket
- Wyoming
Opinions mentioning Rhode Island
- 546 US 81Lincoln Property Co. v. Roche
- 99 F3D 8New Hampshire Right to Life Political Action Committee v. Gardner
- 99 F3D 456Lattimore v. Polaroid Corp.
- 99 F3D 20Delaney v. Commissioner
- 99 F3D 194Samantha Sistrunk v. City of Strongsville and Bush-Quayle '92 Committee, Inc.
- 98 F3D 686United States v. Sullivan
- 97 F3D 603Morehead v. Atkinson-Kiewit, J/V
- 97 F3D 565United States v. Catlett
- 96 F3D 566Roma Construction Co. v. aRusso
- 96 F3D 502Hachikian v. Federal Deposit Insurance
- 96 F3D 380Crawford v. Lungren
- 96 F3D 10Borschow Hospital & Medical Supplies, Inc. v. Cesar Castillo Inc.
- 94 F3D 721Schultz v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank, N.A.
- 94 F3D 640Triplett v. Lehman
- 93 F3D 957Time Warner Entertainment Co. v. Federal Communications Commission
- 92 F3D 7United States v. Joost
- 92 F3D 1D'Aprile v. Fleet Services Corp.
- 91 F3D 121Smith v. United States
- 90 F3D 238Ehredt Underground, Inc. v. Commonwealth Edison Co.
- 89 F3D 908Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island v. Narragansett Electric Co.
- 89 F3D 842United States v. Russell
- 89 F3D 824United States v. Tavares
- 88 F3D 651Diagnostic Unit Inmate Council v. Films Inc.
- 88 F3D 12McGrath v. Rhode Island Retirement Board
- 87 F3D 558Acme Tile & Terrazzo Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
- 87 F3D 26Katz v. City Metal Co.
- 86 F3D 498Polec v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
- 85 F3D 708United States v. Ventura
- 85 F3D 1440Compassion in Dying v. Washington
- 85 F3D 1251United States v. Shlater
- 83 F3D 442Chamber of Commerce of the United States v. Reich
- 83 F3D 510United States v. Charter International Oil Co.
- 83 F3D 17United States v. Abernathy
- 82 F3D 1261United States v. Smith
- 82 F3D 1179Andrade v. Jamestown Housing Authority
- 82 F3D 1154United States v. Lindia
- 81 F3D 147Williams v. Vose
- 81 F3D 1148Blinzler v. Marriott International, Inc.
- 81 F3D 1Robson v. Hallenbeck
- 80 F3D 569Allen v. Attorney General of Maine
- 80 F3D 606One National Bank v. Antonellis
- 8 F3D 95LaRocque v. R.W.F., Inc.
- 79 F3D 1298Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Ass'n of the United States v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- 77 F3D 522United States v. McCarthy
- 76 F3D 692Vector Research, Inc. v. Howard & Howard Attorneys P.C.
- 76 F3D 436United States v. Kelley
- 76 F3D 380Tracy v. National Guard Chief
- 76 F3D 370United States v. Sarit-Rosario
- 76 F3D 370Stockwell v. Sweeney
- 75 F3D 784Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Maine