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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
- 42 F3D 1384Ventura-Ramos v. United States
- 42 F3D 1384United States v. Rodriguez-Paulino
- 418 F3D 90United States v. Gómez-Rosario
- 418 F3D 36Wine & Spirits Retailers, Inc. v. Rhode Island
- 417 F3D 145Igartúa-de la Rosa v. United States
- 415 F3D 114Callahan v. Moneta Capital Corp.
- 414 F3D 825United States v. Peterson
- 413 F3D 883United States v. Fleck
- 412 F3D 271Wirzburger v. Galvin
- 412 F3D 253United States v. D'Amario
- 410 F3D 69Amrak Productions, Inc. v. Morton
- 410 F3D 644Thomas v. City of Tacoma
- 410 F3D 41Mercado v. Ritz-Carlton San Juan Hotel, Spa & Casino
- 41 F3D 721National Ass'n of Regulatory Utility Commissioners v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- 41 F3D 1156Doe v. County of Montgomery
- 409 F3D 880Frank Bros. v. Wisconsin Department of Transportation
- 408 F3D 26Estate of Abraham v. Commissioner
- 407 F3D 536United States v. Bermúdez
- 407 F3D 30Igartúa De La Rosa v. United States
- 407 F3D 255Maryland Stadium Authority v. Ellerbe Becket Inc.
- 406 F3D 43Torres-Rivera v. O'Neill-Cancel
- 405 F3D 50Walgreen Co. v. Rullan
- 404 F3D 537United States v. Figuereo
- 404 F3D 4Young v. City of Providence ex rel. Napolitano
- 404 F3D 48Aroostook Band of Micmacs v. Ryan
- 404 F3D 33Young v. City of Providence ex rel. Napolitano
- 402 F3D 220United States v. Heldeman
- 401 F3D 75Velez v. Levy
- 40 F3D 482Cordero-Trejo v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
- 40 F3D 1306United States v. DeMasi
- 4 F3D 982United States v. Melo
- 4 F3D 26Vote Choice, Inc. v. DiStefano
- 4 F3D 223Powers v. Southland Corp.
- 4 F3D 123Connors v. University Associates in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Inc.
- 398 F3D 98Slater Health Center, Inc. v. United States
- 398 F3D 22Carcieri v. Norton
- 398 F3D 138Obert v. Republic Western Insurance
- 397 F3D 19Whalen v. Massachusetts Trial Court
- 396 F3D 210Rosa v. McCray
- 395 F3D 643Parks v. City of Columbus
- 395 F3D 1064Beardslee v. Woodford
- 395 F3D 1United States v. One Parcel of Real Property with Buildings, Appurtenances & Improvements known as 45 Claremont St.
- 391 F3D 312Getty Petroleum Marketing, Inc. v. Capital Terminal Co.
- 391 F3D 274United States v. Morton
- 390 F3D 145United States v. Bradley
- 39 F3D 724Thoele v. Aetna Casualty & Surety
- 39 F3D 1166Aube v. Aube
- 386 F3D 36McClure v. Galvin
- 385 F3D 737Hoagland v. Sandberg, Phoenix & Von Gontard, P.C.
- 384 F3D 990Dream Palace v. County of Maricopa