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R.I. Sup. Ct. R. Art. I, R. 32
Cases involving constitutionality of federal or state statutes
(a) Constitutionality of Federal Statute. A party who draws in question the
constitutionality of any Act of Congress in any proceeding in the Supreme Court to
which the United States, or any agency thereof, or any officer or employee thereof,
as such officer or employee, is not a party, upon the filing of the record, or as soon
thereafter as the question is raised in the Supreme Court, shall give immediate notice
in writing to the Supreme Court of the existence of said question. The Clerk of the
Supreme Court shall thereupon certify such fact to the United States Attorney for
the District of Rhode Island.
(b) Constitutionality of State Statute. A party who draws in question the
constitutionality, under the United States Constitution or the Rhode Island
Constitution, of any Act of the General Assembly of Rhode Island in any proceeding
in the Supreme Court to which the State of Rhode Island, or any agency thereof, or
any officer or employee thereof, as such officer or employee, is not a party, upon the
filing of the record, or as soon thereafter as the question is raised in the Supreme
Court, shall give immediate notice in writing to the Supreme Court of the existence
of said question. The Clerk of the Supreme Court shall thereupon certify such fact
to the Attorney General of Rhode Island.
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