City of York v. Pennsylvania Public Util. Comm’n, 295 A.2d 825 (Pa. 1972)
The Attorney General’s powers of intervention,under statute and at common law, are broad. However, to allow the Attorney General to intervene as an appellant in an appeal from an order of the Public Utility Commission would create an irreconcilable conflict of interest and thus cannot be permitted
Atlanta Journal and the Atlanta Constitution v. Babush, 364 S.E.2d 560 (Ga. 1988).
Attorney general of Georgia sued an agency to force it to comply with an open government law. The agency filed a complaint with the state bar against the Attorney General for representing allegedly conflicting interests as well as a motion to disqualify him from proceeding in his lawsuit. The Georgia Superior Court granted the attorney…
Fisher v. Iowa Board of Optometry Examiners, 510 N.W.2d 873, 877 (Iowa 1994).
the court held that the fact that an assistant attorney general advised a medical board or rulemaking and complaint issuance and also sought a rehearing in a disciplinary hearing did not give rise to a due process violation. The court said, “We fail to see how the assistant attorney general caused the board to become…
Chun v. Bd. of Trustees of the Employees’ Retirement Sys., 952 P.2d 1215 (Haw. 1998)
In Hawaii, the supreme court has recognized that due to the [Attorney General’s] statutorily mandated role[s] in our legal system, we cannot mechanically apply the [Hawaii] Code of Professional Responsibility to the [Attorney General’s] office. . . . In large part, this is because . . . when the client is a governmental organization ….
Attorney General v. Michigan Public Service Com’n, 625 N.W.2d 16 (Mich.App. 2000)
AG challenged a decision of the state Public Service Commission, which was also represented by the AG’s office. Court held the attorney general must appoint independent counsel for an agency if the attorney general is an actual party opposing the agency. The court reviewed cases from a number of states and found a “majority rule…
State v. Krolicki, No. C250045 (Dist. Ct., Clark Cty. Nev. May 19, 2009)
The Lieutenant Governor of Nevada was indicted on two counts of misappropriation and falsification of accounts arising from his actions when he was state treasurer. He moved to disqualify the Attorney General’s office from representing the state because several Assistant Attorneys General advised the Treasurer’s office about the program and about contracts that are the…
