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2022 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 28 - Labor and Labor Relations
Chapter 28-5 - Fair Employment Practices
Section 28-5-29. - Initiation of judicial proceedings — Powers of court.

Universal Citation:
RI Gen L § 28-5-29. (2022)
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§ 28-5-29. Initiation of judicial proceedings — Powers of court.

Judicial proceeding shall be initiated by the filing of a petition in the superior court, together with a transcript of the record upon the hearing before the commission, and the service of a copy of the petition upon the commission and upon all parties who appeared before the commission. Upon the filing, the court shall have jurisdiction of the proceeding and of the questions determined in it, and shall have the power to grant any temporary relief or restraining order that it deems just and proper, and to make and enter upon the pleadings, testimony, and proceedings set forth in the transcript an order enforcing, modifying and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part the order of the commission.

History of Section.
P.L. 1949, ch. 2181, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 28-5-29; P.L. 1986, ch. 198, § 15.

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