Supreme Court of Rhode Island
The Shelter Harbor Conservation Society, Inc. v. Charles A. Rogers
June 17, 20112011 R.I. LEXIS 84
Summary
The Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the Rogerses, holding that the plat map unambiguously showed three separate 10,000‑square‑foot lots and that the trial justice did not abuse her discretion in staying discovery. The Court applied de novo review to the summary‑judgment determination and an abuse‑of‑discretion standard to the discovery stay. Justice Robinson dissented, arguing that the map was ambiguous and that summary judgment was improper.