O'NEIL v. CODE COM'N

No. 86-41-Appeal.

534 A.2d 606 (1987)

James E. O'NEIL, Attorney General v. CODE COMMISSION FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

December 11, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. O'Neil, Atty. Gen., Nicholas Trott Long, Terence J. Tierney, Asst. Attys. Gen., for plaintiff.

James M. Sloan, III, Christine Engustian, Gardner, Sawyer, Gates & Sloan, Providence, Robert J. Rahill, Rahill & Rahill, Pawtucket, for defendant.


OPINION

KELLEHER, Justice.

The focus of this dispute is G.L. 1956 (1984 Reenactment) § 42-46-8, as amended by P.L. 1985, ch. 373, § 1. Chapter 46 of title 42 is known as the Open Meetings Law. In essence, the pertinent portions of § 42-46-8 specify that any Rhode Island citizen who is "aggrieved" by any violation of chapter 46 of title 42 "may file a complaint with the attorney general"; and if that officer determines that the complaint has...

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