Case Name: Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights
Court: Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1978-03-27
Citations: 119 R.I. 948
Docket Number: M. P. No. 78-55
Parties: Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.
Judges: Chief Justice Bevilacqua did not participate.
Reporter: Rhode Island Reports
Volume: 119
Pages: 948–948

Head Matter:
M. P. No. 78-55.
Roadway Express, Inc. v. Rhode Island Commission for Human Rights.
Kingston <b Garrett, Robert W. Garrett, for plaintiff-respondent.
Julius C. Michaelson, Attorney General, E. Martin Stutchjield, Special Assistant Attorney General, for defendant-petitioner.

Opinion:
The petition for certiorari is granted.
The parties are directed to brief and argue the following issue: Assuming the provision of G.L. 1956 (1968 Reenactment) §28-5-18 which provides for the issuance of a complaint within one year after the committing of an alleged unfair employment practice is directory, should the commission's complaint be dismissed because the 2-year-5-month period intervening between the commission of the act and the issuance of the complaint might be considered as an unreasonable period of delay?
Chief Justice Bevilacqua did not participate.