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Francis X. Flaherty (born January 8 1947) is a justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court.Flaherty is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School and Providence College. He served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1970. Flaherty was elected mayor of Warwick serving from 1985 to 1990 and previously as a Warwick City Councilman from 1979 to 1985.