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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
- 52 F3D 504American Metal Forming Corp. v. Pittman
- 52 F3D 1King v. Greenblatt
- 51 F3D 264Vargas v. Durfee
- 50 F3D 1133United States v. Gelzer
- 50 F3D 1Gaudet v. Boyajian
- 5 F3D 658United States v. Brown University in Providence in the State of Rhode Island
- 5 F3D 573Murray v. Ross-Dove Co.
- 5 F3D 546Johnson v. City of Cheyenne
- 5 F3D 354Cenlin Taiwan Ltd. v. Centon, Ltd.
- 5 F3D 1507Afp Imaging Corporation v. Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island
- 490 F3D 86Ramallo Bros. Printing, Inc. v. El Día, Inc.
- 490 F3D 725Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Veneman
- 490 F3D 50Puerto Rico v. United States
- 49 F3D 795National Labor Relations Board v. Horizons Hotel Corp.
- 49 F3D 1United States v. Newman
- 489 F3D 71Massamont Insurance Agency, Inc. v. Utica Mutual Insurance
- 489 F3D 48United States v. Rivera-Rodríguez
- 489 F3D 26Rossi v. Gemma
- 488 F3D 489Sher v. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- 488 F3D 1026Galvin v. Eli Lilly & Co.
- 485 F3D 85ABN Amro Verzekeringen BV v. Geologistics Americas, Inc.
- 485 F3D 661Molina de Massenet v. Gonzales
- 485 F3D 325Sean Breen, as Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Breen Christopher Breen John E. Breen Marian K. Breen v. Texas A&m University, Texas A&m University J. Malon Southerland, in His Individual Capacity Russell Thompson, in His Individual Capacity Ray Bowen, James Kimmel, as Representative of the Estate of Lucas Kimmel (Deceased) James Kimmel Walieta Kimmel v. Texas A&m University, Texas A&m University J. Malon Southerland, in His Individual Capacity Russell J. Thompson, in His Official Capacity Ray Bowen, in His Individual Capacity William L. Kibler, in His Individual Capacity John J. Koldus, Iii, in His Individual Capacity, Bill Davis v. Texas A&m University, Texas A&m University J. Malon Southerland, in His Individual Capacity Russell Thompson, in His Individual Capacity Ray Bowen, in His Individual Capacity William L. Kibler, in His Individual Capacity John J. Koldus, Iii, in His Individual Capacity, Howard Scanlan Denise Scanlan Lauren N.T. Scanlan v. Texas A&m University, Texas A&m University J. Malon Southerland, in His Individual Capacity Russell Thompson, in His Individual Capacity Ray Bowen, in His Individual Capacity William L. Kibler, in His Individual Capacity John J. Koldus, Ii, in His Individual Capacity, John Andrew Comstock Dixie Ann Zinneker v. Texas A&m University, Texas A&m University J. Malon Southerland, in His Individual Capacity Russell Thompson, in His Individual Capacity Ray Bowen William L. Kibler, in His Individual Capacity John J. Koldus, Iii, in His Individual Capacity, Jaquelynn Kay Self, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Jerry Don Self, Deceased Kathy McClain Escamilla, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Bryan A. McClain Deceased Phillip McClain Andrea Heard, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Christopher Lee Heard, Deceased Leslie G. Heard Gregory Anthony Powell, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Chad A. Powell, Deceased Beverly Jill Powell Matthew Lynn Robbins Dominic M v. Braus Nancy Braus v. Ray M. Bowen J. Malon Southerland William Kibler Russell W. Thompson John J. Koldus, III M.T. Hopgood, Jr., Major General Donald J. Johnson Zack Coapland Kevin Jackson James R. Reynolds Robert Harry Stiteler, Jr. Michael David Krenz
- 484 F3D 91Freadman v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance
- 484 F3D 41Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan
- 484 F3D 149Bank of New York v. Rubin
- 484 F3D 1Asociación De Subscripción Conjunta Del Seguro De Responsabilidad Obligatorio v. Flores Galarza
- 483 F3D 34United States v. Fairway Capital Corp.
- 483 F3D 115Dalombo Fontes v. Gonzales
- 482 F3D 299Illusions-Dallas Private Club, Inc. v. Steen
- 481 F3D 110Bellikoff v. Eaton Vance Corp.
- 481 F3D 1Wine & Spirits Retailers, Inc. v. Rhode Island
- 480 F3D 47United States v. Coloian
- 480 F3D 26Federal Insurance v. HPSC, Inc.
- 480 F3D 1116Suburban Mortgage Associates, Inc. v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
- 48 F3D 46Elmendorf Grafica, Inc. v. D.S. America (East), Inc.
- 48 F3D 39SAS of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Telephone Co.
- 48 F3D 1211Lombardi v. United States
- 477 F3D 1282Williams v. Board of Regents
- 475 F3D 83Riverkeeper, Inc. v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
- 475 F3D 35New Hampshire Insurance v. Dagnone
- 474 F3D 1Payne-Barahona v. Gonzáles
- 471 F3D 754In re African-American Slave Descendants Litigation
- 471 F3D 277Maine People's Alliance & Natural Resources Defense Council v. Mallinckrodt, Inc.
- 470 F3D 413Vars v. Citrin
- 470 F3D 30In re City of Fall River
- 47 F3D 452United States v. Ruiz
- 47 F3D 1156Robinson v. Benton
- 469 F3D 641Entertainment Software Ass'n v. Blagojevich
- 469 F3D 46United States v. Bennett