Case Name: Glenn F. GODDEN et al. v. TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1980-05-22
Citations: 419 A.2d 307
Docket Number: No. 80-19-Appeal
Parties: Glenn F. GODDEN et al. v. TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 419
Pages: 307–307

Head Matter:
Glenn F. GODDEN et al. v. TOWN OF CHARLESTOWN et al.
No. 80-19-Appeal.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
May 22, 1980.
Hogan & Hogan, Thomas S. Hogan, Donald J. Packer, Providence, for plaintiffs.
John P. Toscano, Jr., Town Sol., Charles-town, for defendants.

Opinion:
ORDER
The defendants' motion to affirm the judgment of the Superior Court pursuant to Rule 16(g) is denied for noneompliance with Supreme Court Rule 28. An examination of the record in this case reveals that the requirements of Super.R.Civ.P. 54(b) have not been satisfied. That rule permits the entry of a final judgment as to one or more but fewer than all the parties, but only after an express determination by the trial justice that there is no just reason for delay and an express direction that judgment may enter. Simmons v. State of Rhode Island, R.I., 381 A.2d 1045 (1978). Accordingly, this case is remanded to the Superior Court for further proceedings which may include, within the court's sound judicial discretion, the entry of judgment accompanied by a Rule 54(b) certificate.