Supreme Court of Rhode Island, 1978

Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights

Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights
Supreme Court of Rhode Island · Decided March 27, 1978 · Bevilacqua
119 R.I. 948; 386 A.2d 200

Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights

Opinion of the Court

The petition for certiorari is granted.

The parties are directed to brief and argue the following issue: Assuming the provision of G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-5-18 which provides for the issuance of a complaint within one year after the committing of an alleged unfair employment practice is directory, should the commission’s complaint be dismissed because the 2-year-5-month period intervening between the commission of the act and the issuance of the complaint might be considered as an unreasonable period of delay?

Chief Justice Bevilacqua did not participate.

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