Larisa v. R.I. Ethics Comm'n

Full title: JOSEPH S. LARISA, JR. v. RHODE ISLAND ETHICS COMMISSION; ROSS E. CHEIT…

Court: STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS PROVIDENCE, SC. SUPERIOR COURT

Date published: Sep 9, 2014

C.A. No. PC-2011-6938 (R.I. Super. Sep. 9, 2014)

Opinion

C.A. PC-2011-6938

09-09-2014

JOSEPH S. LARISA, JR. v. RHODE ISLAND ETHICS COMMISSION; ROSS E. CHEIT; DEBORAH S. CERRULLO; J. WILLIAM HARSCH; JAMES V. MURRAY; FREDERICK K. BUTLER; JOHN LYNCH, JR.; and MARK B. HEFFNER

For Plaintiff: Joseph S. Larisa, Jr., Esq. For Defendant: Katherine D'Arezzo, Esq.

MCGUIRL, J.

Providence County Superior Court.

For Plaintiff: Joseph S. Larisa, Jr., Esq.

For Defendant: Katherine D'Arezzo, Esq.

AMENDED DECISION

MCGUIRL, J.

This Amended Decision is being filed to correct page 18, first sentence of the first full paragraph of the above-captioned Decision originally filed on September 3, 2014.

The first sentence of this paragraph should read as follows:

Here, the statutory language in §§ 36-14-5(e)(2) and 36-14-2(13) clearly and unambiguously prohibits an elected official from acting as an attorney on behalf of a client before "any state or municipal agency of which he or she is a member or by which he or she is employed."

The remaining contents of the Decision remain the same.