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MARRAPESE v. STATE OF R. I.

Civ. A. No. 80-0167.

500 F.Supp. 1207 (1980)

Frank MARRAPESE v. STATE OF RHODE ISLAND et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

October 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Cicilline, Providence, R. I., for plaintiff.

Eileen G. Cooney, Asst. Atty. Gen., Providence, R. I., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

PETTINE, Chief Judge.

This case is one of several now before the Court in which the State of Rhode Island is a named defendant in an action under Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It presents the difficult and important question whether Rhode Island can be required to appear in court and defend plaintiff's § 1983 claim on the theory that § 9-31-1 of...

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