Case Name: NEWPORT COURT CLUB ASSOCIATES et al. v. TOWN COUNCIL OF the TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 2001-12-20
Citations: 788 A.2d 1154
Docket Number: No. 2000-7-Appeal
Parties: NEWPORT COURT CLUB ASSOCIATES et al. v. TOWN COUNCIL OF the TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN.
Judges: Chief Justice WILLIAMS did not participate.
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 788
Pages: 1154–1154

Head Matter:
NEWPORT COURT CLUB ASSOCIATES et al. v. TOWN COUNCIL OF the TOWN OF MIDDLETOWN.
No. 2000-7-Appeal.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island.
Dec. 20, 2001.
Randall L. Souza, Providence.
Steven M. Richard, Peter J. McGinn, Providence.

Opinion:
ORDER
This case came before us on appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the defendant, the Town Council of the Town of Middletown. The trial justice, sitting without the intervention of a jury, upheld the constitutionality of the General Assembly's enactment of Senate Bill 99-1006, finding that it had been enacted in conformity with Article 13 of the Rhode Island Constitution. Accordingly, the trial justice denied and dismissed the declaratory judgment action and the request for permanent injunctive relief filed by the plaintiffs, Newport Court Club Associates et al. Since this Court is evenly divided on the issues raised by this appeal, the judgment of the Superior Court is hereby affirmed.
The papers in this case may be remanded to the Superior Court.
Chief Justice WILLIAMS did not participate.