December 02, 2025
9:30 am |
SU-2025-0006-A |
Nicole Solas v. South Kingstown School Committee |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Giovanni D. Cicione
Gregory Piccirilli
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Deidre E. Carreno |
Plaintiff appeals from summary judgment in favor of the defendant in this case in which plaintiff alleged that the Open Meetings Law had been violated by various meetings of the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Advisory Board. The hearing judge determined that the board was advisory only and that the school committee had contracted with a private entity to run the BIPOC Advisory Board, so it was not subject to the Open Meetings Law. |
December 02, 2025
9:50 am
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SU-2025-0021-A |
Clifton Peasley v. City of Providence |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Vicki J. Bejma
Stephen Robinson
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Deidre E. Carreno
Charles A. Ruggerio |
The plaintiff appeals from a final judgment dismissing his declaratory judgment action. The plaintiff contends that the hearing judge erred in applying the doctrine of election of remedies to bar his action. The plaintiff further contends that exhaustion of administrative remedies would have been futile in this case. |
December 02, 2025
10:10 am |
SU-2024-0328-A |
Swap Property Management and Potters Avenue Area Revitalization, LP v. Henrietta Shepard |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Christopher A. Murphy
Sean T. O'Leary
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Henrietta Shepard, Pro Se |
The defendant appeals pro se from a judgment in favor of the defendants for possession and past due rent and costs, in this landlord-tenant eviction matter. On appeal, defendant asserts that she attempted to pay the rent that was due and owing, and thus the Superior Court trial judge erred in ruling against her. |
December 02, 2025
10:30 am
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SU-2025-0218-MP
SU-2025-0268-MP |
Destiny Viera v. State of Rhode Island |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Christopher R. Bush
Counsel for Defendant(s):
George J. West |
The Court granted this petition for writ of certiorari that sought review of the Superior Court’s removal of the petitioner’s counsel from her case at her bail hearing due to a potential conflict of interest. The petitioner argues that the removal of her counsel without a finding of an actual conflict of interest, and when she had waived any conflict, violated her Sixth Amendment rights. |
December 09, 2025
9:30 am |
SU-2024-0143-MP |
Thomas Sculco et al. v. Hopkinton Zoning Board Sitting as The Board of Appeal et al. |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
William Landry
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Stephen Joshua Sypole
Kenneth James Sylvia
Peter F. Skwirz
Andrew M. Teitz |
The petitioner, RI-95, LLC, filed a petition for the issuance of a writ of certiorari seeking review of a Superior Court judgment reversing the Hopkinton Zoning Board of Review’s approval of RI-95’s master plan application for a solar facility. RI-95 contends that the Superior Court erred in interpreting the town zoning ordinance as not permitting a solar facility on its property. RI-95 also contends that the Superior Court erred in determining that it could not rely upon equitable estoppel. |
December 09, 2025
9:50 am
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SU-2024-0331-A |
El Bebe Day Care Center, Inc., et al. v. R.I. Dept. of Elem. & Sec. Ed, By Patricia Dicenso, Its Chair |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Sonja L. Deyoe
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Anthony F. Cottone
Kaelyn Rebecca Prigge |
Plaintiffs appeal from the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of their complaint for civil rights discrimination. They alleged that the defendants discriminated against them in the administration of the Child and Adult Care Food Program. The Superior Court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss on the grounds of res judicata. |
December 09, 2025
10:10 am |
SU-2023-0237-CA |
State of Rhode Island v. Leron Porter |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Sean Paul Malloy
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Mark L. Smith
George J. West |
A jury found the defendant guilty of murder and related charges. On appeal, he argues that the trial justice erred in allowing the prosecution to exercise a peremptory challenge based on race, in denying his motion for a new trial despite evidentiary inconsistencies, and in relying on unreliable and prejudicial forensic evidence. |
December 09, 2025
11:00 am
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SU-2024-0232-MP |
Sean M. O'Connell v. Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Michael St. Pierre
Stephen Edward Breggia
David M. Revens
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Michael P. Robinson
John H. McCann |
The defendant petitioned the Court for a writ of certiorari to determine whether the Workers’ Compensation Court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal by the plaintiff from the denial of his application for an accidental disability retirement pension. The plaintiff is a deputy sheriff with the Department of Public Safety. After his application was denied, he appealed to the Workers’ Compensation Court, and the defendant moved, unsuccessfully, to dismiss his appeal based on lack of jurisdiction. The case involves a question of statutory interpretation and the interplay between several statutory provisions, including G.L. 1956 §§ 45-19-1, et seq., 45-21.2-9, and 36-10-14. |
December 10, 2025
9:30 am |
SU-2024-0347-CA |
State of Rhode Island v. Brian Smith |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Christopher R. Bush
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Brian Smith, Pro Se |
This case is before the Court on appeal by the pro se defendant, from the denial of his request for declaratory and injunctive relief, filed in the context of an already ongoing criminal proceeding, in which defendant had entered a plea of nolo contendere to two counts of second-degree child molestation. |
December 10, 2025
9:50 am
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SU-2024-0375-A |
Michelle Blechman, et al. v. Donald Woodward |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Ryanna Tyler Capalbo
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Timothy J. Robenhymer |
Plaintiffs appeal from final judgment in favor of defendant in this adverse possession case. Plaintiffs argue that the trial justice made erroneous findings and credibility determinations. |
December 10, 2025
10:10 am |
SU-2024-0010-MP
SU-2024-0087-MP |
Asa Davis, III v. Wood Estates, Inc et al. |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
John Oreste Mancini
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Stephen Joshua Sypole
Kenneth James Sylvia
Michael DeSisto
Sarah Diane Boucher
Kathleen M. Daniels |
The town of Exeter seeks review by certiorari of Superior Court orders denying its motion to dismiss (24-10-M.P.) and motion for judgment on the pleadings (24-87-M.P.) on the basis of res judicata. At issue is the plaintiff’s attempt to get approval for a solar project. |
December 10, 2025
11:00 am
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SU-2024-0127-A |
Pace Organization of Rhode Island v. Sarah Frew, In Her Capacity as Tax Assessor for The City of East Providence |
Counsel for Plaintiff(s):
Samuel Anthony Budway
Robert Fine
Lauren E. Jones
Counsel for Defendant(s):
Justin Thomas Bonnick
Michael J. Marcello |
The plaintiff, PACE Organization of Rhode Island, appeals from a Superior Court summary judgment in favor of defendant, the tax assessor for East Providence. PACE-RI contends that it is entitled to an exemption from property taxes in accordance with G.L. 1956 § 44-3-3(a)(12), because its property is held for the aid or support of the aged poor.
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