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The Superior Court is the trial court of record in Rhode Island and is the only Rhode Island court for hearing jury trials. The lower District Courts hear trials of misdemeanor cases, and the decisions of the District Court may be appealed to the Superior Court for a trial de novo (new trial).
The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial Nominating Commission. Each justice enjoys lifetime tenure and no mandatory retirement age, similar ...
Courts of Rhode Island include: State courts of Rhode Island. Rhode Island Supreme Court [1] Rhode Island Superior Courts [2] Rhode Island District Courts [3] Rhode Island Family Courts [4] Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Courts [5] Rhode Island Traffic Tribunals [6] Federal courts located in Rhode Island. United States District Court for ...
The incoming Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801, but in the Judiciary Act of 1802, Congress again assigned the District of Rhode Island to the First Circuit. A second seat on the Court was created on March 18, 1966, by 80 Stat. 75. A third seat was added on July 10, 1984, by 98 Stat. 333.
Tyler Technologies Signs $6 Million Contract With the State of Rhode Island Judiciary Rhode Island Judiciary to use Tyler's comprehensive Odyssey ® court case management and e-filing solution ...
Ahlquist v. Cranston, 840 F. Supp. 2d 507 (D.R.I. 2012), was a case where the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island ruled that a "School Prayer" banner posted in Cranston High School West was a violation of the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution and ordered its removal.
In its decision, the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island analyzed Edward Caniglia's case on ten factors (Fourth Amendment law, the community caretaking exception, qualified immunity, the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, Article I, § 22 of the Constitution of Rhode Island, Fourteenth Amendment Due Process, Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection, the ...
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