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Superior and Supreme Court Rulings
The following Rhode Island State Labor Relations Board Decisions have been appealed to the Superior and/or Supreme Court. Both the Labor Board Decision and the related Court Ruling(s) are available for viewing.


Superior Court Rulings Supreme Court Rulings

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***PLEASE NOTE: HIGHLIGHTED CASES ON THE SUPERIOR COURT LIST
HAVE BEEN APPEALED TO THE SUPREME COURT***

Superior Court Election Petitions
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
11/23/15
 Central Falls Detention Facility Corporation
Stipulation of Dismissal
6/12/15
 RI Board Council on Elementary and Secondary Education
Election Petition
8/7/06
RI Turnpike and Bridge Authority
Election Petition
11/14/05
State of RI, Department of Children Youth and Families and Department of Human Services
Election Petition
4/6/05
State Fire Marshall's Office
Election Petition
6/20/05

Providence School Department
Election Petition
10/15/04
Town of Richmond
 Election Petition
7/16/03
Bristol County Water Authority
Election Petition
P.C. #00-6068
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
9/5/01
RI Airport Corporation
Election Petition
11/21/00

Tiverton School Committee
Election Petition
C.A. #98-0057
C.A. #98-0724
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
3/20/00
Newport Housing Authority
Decertification Request
1/22/99
Department of Administration
Election Petition
8/2/99
Tiverton Library Board of Trustees
Election Petition
1/8/00

Economic Development Corporation
Election Petition
C.A. #97-0357
(Order)

C.A. #97-0451
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
10/31/97

8/3/01
Town of Portsmouth
Election Petition
3/15/95
Board of Trustees, Robert H. Champlin Memorial Library (West Warwick)
Election Petition
6/15/95
Blackstone Valley Sewer District Commission and Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission
Election Petition to merge bargaining units
6/1/94

Woonsocket Housing Authority
Election Petition
1/25/83

State of Rhode Island (Secretary of State's Office)
Election Petition
6/11/79
Providence School
Election Petition

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Superior Court Unit Clarifications
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
12/20/12
State of Rhode Island, Board of Governors for Higher Education, Rhode Island College and PSA@RIC, Local 3302, AFL/RIFT AFL-CIO
Unit Clarification: Director Health Services/Nurse Practitioner
12/20/12
State of Rhode Island, Board of Governors for Higher Education, Rhode Island College and PSA@RIC, Local 3302, AFL/RIFT AFL-CIO
Unit Clarification: Director User Support Services
1/24/06
Town of Scituate, Department of Public Works
Unit Clarification: Chief Mechanic
4/7/05
City of Pawtucket
Unit Clarification: Police Computer Operations Specialist
M.P. #02-5409
(Consent Judgment)
12/26/02
Department of Labor & Training
Unit Clarification: Chief Prevailing Wage Investigator and Technical Support Specialist III
P.C. #02-0085
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
11/15/02
City of East Providence
Unit Clarification: Municipal Court Clerk Teller(s) and Municipal Court Administrator
C.A. #99-4079
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
4/2/02
Department of Transportation
Unit Clarification: Central Services Officer
8/15/05
Department of Transportation
Unit Clarification: Supervising Accountant
10/29/99
Department of Corrections
Unit Clarification: requests dated 10/23/95, 11/6/95, 11/20/95, 11/22/95 and 5/10/96
5/29/01
Newport School Committee
Unit Clarification: removal of Director of Counseling Services & Director of Media Services from bargaining unit
C.A. #97-5683
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
4/30/02
University of Rhode Island
Unit Clarification: removal of Criminalist I and Criminalist II
6/26/98
Narragansett Bay Water Quality Management District Commission (formerly, Blackstone Valley Sewer District Commission)
Unit Clarification: Waste Water Treatment Facilities Lab Technician II ("WWTFLT")
11/27/98
Department of Transportation
Unit Clarification: Jr. Electronic Computer Programmer; Sr. Electronic Computer Programmer; Principal Systems Analyst (MIS Technological Employees)
K.C. #97-0693
(Consent Judgment)
6/12/00
Town of East Greenwich
Unit Clarification: Substance Abuse Coordinator
W.C. #95-672
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
1/12/00
Town of Narragansett
Unit Clarification: Secretary
1/25/02
City of Pawtucket (Paula Newman and Tracey McGrath)
Unit Clarification: Human Resource Assistant and
Human Resource Aide - exclusion from Election vote
11/24/93
Town of Lincoln
Unit Clarification: Chief of Police
4/5/93
RI Public Telecommunications Authority, et al (Channel 36)
Unit Clarification: Associate Producer
8/7/90
 Barrington School Committee
Unit Clarification: Secretary to the Superintendent; Secretary to the Business Manager
6/26/86
 Town of Bristol
Unit Clarification: Secretary to the Town Administrator
3/17/81
 City of Pawtucket
Unit Clarification: 95 positions

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Superior Court Unfair Labor Practice Charges
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
PC #2021-4279 8/2/22 ULP-6256 State of Rhode Island - Department of Corrections &
Rhode Island Brotherhood of Correctional Officers (RIBCO)
PC #15-1772 8/11/2020 ULP-6142 City of Pawtucket & Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #4
PC #07-2110 5/2/2018 ULP-5761 City of Cranston & Rhode Island Laborers' District Council
12/10/18
 Town of North Providence & Elizabeth Iafrate
2/2/17
 Warwick School Committee & Warwick Teachers Union, AFT,
Local 915
8/23/16
 West Warwick Housing Authority & RI Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO, Local 2045
3/9/16
 Warwick School Committee & Warwick Teachers' Union, AFT,
Local 915
11/6/14
 State of Rhode Island-Department of Administration, Department of Education, Department of Health & RI Council 94, AFSCME, AFL-CIO
1/6/14
 Town of North Kingstown & North Kingstown Firefighters, Local 1651, IAFF, AFL-CIO
10/29/13
 Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education & PSA@RIC, Local 3302, AFT/RIFT, AFL-CIO
3/12/12
 City of Warwick
7/14/08
 City of Cranston
6/8/06
 Department of Corrections
10/31/05
 IAFF & Coventry Fire District (EMPLOYER)
4/5/04
 Johnston School Committee
P.C. #02-2760
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
1/12/04
 Department of Corrections
1/30/04
 Town of Burrillville
3/12/03
 Thomas Pizzi (RI Resource Recovery Corp.)
C.A. #02-0053
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
8/20/02
 Town of Barrington
C.A. #01-4029
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
11/5/03
 Department of Corrections
C.A. #01-4028
(Stipulation of Withdrawal and Dismissal)
1/7/02
 Department of Corrections
P.C. #01-4026
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
7/14/04
Department of Health
C.A. #01-2764
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
10/17/03
 Department of Corrections
C.A. #01-2443
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
9/25/03
 Dept. of Children, Youth & Families
11/26/01
 University of Rhode Island
6/20/00
 Department of Environmental Management
8/6/99
 Exeter-West Greenwich School District Committee
C.A. #99-0881
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
1/15/03
 Dept. of Transportation/Dept. of Administration
C.A. #99-0238
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
3/18/03
 State of RI (Executive)
C.A. #98-4731
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
5/10/02
 Department of Corrections
10/22/99
 Department of Labor & Training
C.A. #98-0167
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
11/29/01
 Department of MHRH
7/12/96
Town of Coventry
3/30/98
 Pawtucket Housing Authority
6/30/95
 State of RI, Secretary of State's Office
8/24/01
 Newport School Committee
3/13/96
 Department of Corrections
6/7/94
 Woonsocket School Committee
7/28/94
 Lime Rock Fire District
9/30/93
 City of East Providence School Department
2/23/93
 Warwick Teachers Union
8/18/92
 Warwick School Committee
1/9/95
 Board of Engineers, Anthony Fire Department, Coventry Fire District
3/19/90
 Warren School Committee
3/12/80
 Coventry School Committee
2/19/85
 Exeter-West Greenwich School District Committee
12/11/79
 Warwick School Committee
2/10/76
 Barrington School

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Supreme Court Election Petitions
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
4/23/09
 RI Turnpike & Bridge Authority
Election Petition
2/26/04
 Bristol County Water Authority
Election Petition
5/15/97
 Board of Trustees, Robert H. Champlin Memorial Library
(West Warwick)
Election Petition

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Supreme Court Unit Clarifications
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
4/16/14
 State of Rhode Island, Board of Governors for Higher Education, Rhode Island College and PSA@RIC, Local 3302, AFL/RIFT AFL-CIO
Unit Clarification: Director Health Services/Nurse Practitioner
4/16/14
 State of Rhode Island, Board of Governors for Higher Education, Rhode Island College and PSA@RIC, Local 3302, AFL/RIFT AFL-CIO
Unit Clarification: Director User Support Services
3/15/02
 Newport School Committee
Unit Clarification: removal of Director of Counseling Services & Director of Media Services from bargaining unit
3/24/00
 Department of Transportation
Unit Clarification: requests dated 10/23/95, 11/6/95, 11/20/95, 11/22/95 and 5/10/96
6/22/95
 Town of Lincoln
Unit Clarification: Chief of Police
12/2/94
 RI Public Telecommunications Authority, et al (Channel 36)
Unit Clarification: Associate Producer
5/8/92
 Barrington School Committee Unit Clarification: Secretary to the Superintendent; Secretary to the Business Manager
12/18/86
 Town of Bristol
Unit Clarification: Secretary to the Town Administrator

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Supreme Court Unfair Labor Practice Charges
Court Case Number
Court Ruling Date
Labor Board
Case Number
Court Title
19-56-Appeal 4/12/19 ULP-6198 Town of North Providence & Elizabeth Iafrate
1/9/15
 Town of North Kingstown
5/4/07
 Town of Burrillville
4/13/04
 Thomas Pizzi (RI Resource Recovery Corp.)
6/14/02
 Department of Environmental Management
99-497-M.P.
(Stipulation of Dismissal)
9/15/00
 Exeter-West Greenwich Regional School
12/17/97
 Department of Corrections
5/20/97
 State of RI, Secretary of State's Office
3/28/96
 Lime Rock Fire District
3/11/93
 Warwick School Committee
2/3/93
 Warwick School Committee
7/17/78
 Barrington School

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