“A Veritable Peyton Place of Impermissible Ex Parte Contacts”
In a recent talk to a regional conference of planners held in Connecticut, that is how I described a trial court’s findings that a coastal permitting agency failed to…
Is Quasi-Judicial Immunity Really Quasi-Immunity?
That in effect was one of the questions facing the Rhode Island Supreme Court in its recent Champlin’s Marina decision. Does a quasi-judicial hearing officer receive only a limited scope of…
Did the Champlin’s Marina Remedy Miss the Mark?
If there is a weakness in the Supreme Court’s thoughtful decision in the Champlin’s Marina case, in my judgment it is in the remedy imposed by a divided Court. See…