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UNAUTH. PRAC. OF LAW COM. v. STATE, DEPARTMENT OF WKRS. COMP.

86-328-Appeal.

543 A.2d 662 (1988)

UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW COMMITTEE v. STATE of Rhode Island, DEPARTMENT OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION et al.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

June 2, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Sumner, Warwick, for plaintiff.

Joseph A. Kelly, Carroll, Kelly & Murphy, Providence, for defendants.

William P. Robinson, III, Edwards & Angell, Providence, for amicus curiae Business and Industry Council of Rhode Island.

OPINION

WEISBERGER, Justice.

This case comes before us on appeal by the defendants from a judgment entered in the Superior Court declaring portions of two statutes enacted by the General Assembly, G.L. 1956 (1984 Reenactment) § 42-94-5, as amended by P.L. 1986, ch. 1, and G.L. 1956 (1986 Reenactment) § 28-33-1.1(i)(1)(C), unconstitutional as violative of this court's exclusive power to regulate the practice of law. We reverse. The facts of the...

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