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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
- 469 F3D 27Murphy v. Commissioner
- 469 F3D 194United States v. Pelletier
- 468 F3D 58Kim v. Gonzales
- 468 F3D 1Benitez-Garcia v. Gonzalez-Vega
- 464 F3D 1132United States v. Herula
- 46 F3D 734Nesladek v. Ford Motor Co.
- 46 F3D 1211CPC International, Inc. v. Northbrook Excess & Surplus Insurance
- 46 F3D 120Rosario-Cordero v. Crowley Towing & Transportation Co.
- 459 F3D 34Commercial Union Insurance v. Pesante
- 458 F3D 837Passions Video, Inc. v. Nixon
- 458 F3D 258Conchatta Inc. v. Miller
- 456 F3D 260United States v. Richards
- 454 F3D 228181 South Inc. v. Fischer
- 452 F3D 734Jackson v. Ault
- 450 F3D 1201United States v. Nelson
- 45 F3D 561O'Ferral v. Trebol Motors Corp.
- 45 F3D 530Ernst & Young v. Depositors Economic Protection Corp.
- 448 F3D 910Superior Beverage Co. v. Schieffelin & Co.
- 447 F3D 79Pomales v. Celulares Telefónica, Inc.
- 447 F3D 1290United States v. Alexander
- 447 F3D 124United States v. Bevilacqua
- 446 F3D 17Umsted v. Umsted
- 445 F3D 771United States v. Holy Land Foundation for Relief & Development
- 444 F3D 34United States v. Alli
- 442 F3D 159County Concrete Corp. v. Township of Roxbury
- 442 F3D 1082United States v. Livingston
- 441 F3D 1287Williams v. Board of Regents of the University System
- 440 F3D 514United States v. Jiménez-Beltre
- 440 F3D 1Taylor v. United States Department of Labor
- 44 F3D 1033Xerox Financial Services Life Insurance v. High Plains Ltd. Partnership
- 44 F3D 1Colantuoni v. Alfred Calcagni & Sons, Inc.
- 438 F3D 119Stanton v. Metro Corp.
- 437 F3D 208Estrada-Canales v. Gonzales
- 437 F3D 1Skoros v. City of New York
- 436 F3D 370Mercy Home Health v. Leavitt
- 436 F3D 294APG, Inc. v. MCI Telecommunications Corp.
- 435 F3D 64United States v. Gonsalves
- 434 F3D 42United States v. Hall
- 433 F3D 19United States v. Saccoccia
- 433 F3D 111United States v. Benedetti
- 431 F3D 25Medeiros v. Vincent
- 43 F3D 332United States v. LaGrone
- 43 F3D 1456Corners v. Saccocia
- 427 F3D 840United States v. Wenger
- 427 F3D 34Global NAPs, Inc. v. Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications & Energy
- 427 F3D 14Muirhead v. Mecham
- 427 F3D 1128United States v. Richardson
- 426 F3D 431United States v. Epstein
- 424 F3D 1206Air Pegasus of D.C., Inc. v. United States
- 42 F3D 704Bourque v. Federal Deposit Insurance