Supreme Court
No. 201 8-35 1 -M.P.

Gulliver’s Tavern, Inc., d/b/a

The Foxy Lady

v.

City of Providence, Board of Licenses, et

a1.

ORDER
This matter came before the

The Foxy Lady

full

Court on the petition of Gulliver’s Tavern,

(“Petitioner”) for the issuance of a writ of certiorari

Inc., d/b/a

and for a stay of the decision

of the City of Providence Board of Licenses (“Board”) dated December

19, 2018.

Petitioner

seeks to have this Court review the Board’s decision t0 revoke three licenses: an entertainment
license, a

food license, and a license to operate on Sundays and holidays.

After careful

consideration of the parties’ written submissions, the Court orders the following:

The

petition for issuance of a writ of certiorari is granted. This matter shall be placed

the full argument calendar in April.

shall file its brief, not to

Respondents

No

continuances or extensions will be granted.

exceed fifty (50) pages, within

shall file their briefs, not t0

Petitioner’s filing

its brief.

thirty (30)

on

Petitioner

days 0f the date of this Order.

exceed fifty (50) pages, within

Should Petitioner chose to file a reply

brief,

it

thirty (30)

shall

days of

be filed within

ten (10) days of Respondents’ filing their briefs, and such brief shall not exceed twenty-five (25)

pages.

The motion
Court

(i.e.,

for stay is granted in part.

The revocation 0f the

entertainment, food, and Sunday/holiday)

is

licenses at issue before this

stayed; however, Petitioner

may

only

 resume use 0f those licenses subject

to the condition that the

VIP

area, as that

term

is

defined

in

the Board’s decision, remains closed.

The Board

shall file a transcript

of the Board’s December 19, 201 8 vote revoking

Petitioner’s licenses forthwith.

This matter

is

referred t0 the

Supreme Court Appellate Mediation Program.

Entered as an Order of this Court this

2v é

day of January 2019.

By Order,

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