Narragansett Improvement Company v. Evelyn Wheeler

Summary

The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ claims, holding that the advisory commission’s purely advisory actions could not give rise to procedural or substantive due‑process claims, that the commission lacked authority to register historic cemeteries, and that the slander‑of‑title claim failed as a matter of law. The court reviewed the lower court’s order as a summary‑judgment decision de novo and found no reversible error.