Hultman v. Blumenthal, 2000 Conn. Super. LEXIS 2774 (Conn. Super. 2000)

The Attorney General’s office charged a mother and son who operated a nursing home with defrauding the state Medicaid program of more than $1 million. An ALJ subsequently ordered the defendants to reimburse the State and suspended them from the Medicaid program. The Attorney General’s press release about the case (issued before the ALJ’s decision)…

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Blumenthal v. Sharon Hosp., Inc., 2003 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1657 (Conn. Super. Ct. June 3, 2003)

Attorney general has common law powers to enforce charitable trusts.

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Brown & Brown v. Blumenthal, 2007 Conn. Super. LEXIS 1057 (Ct. Super 2007), app. Dismissed, Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Blumenthal, 2008 Conn. LEXIS 334 (Conn., Sept. 9, 2008)

The Attorney General of Connecticut issued interrogatories and a subpoena duces tecum to a company in connection with an investigation of certain insurance industry practices. The relevant statue provides that the documents “shall not be available to the public.” The company filed a declaratory judgment action arguing hat pursuant to this statute, the Attorney General…

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Dean v. Jepsen, No. CV 10 6015774 (Ct. Super. Ct., Hartford Dist., Nov. 3, 2010)

Republican candidate for Attorney General Martha Dean sought a declaratory judgment and sought to enjoin the secretary of state from certifying the results of the attorney general election. Democratic candidate George Jepsen argued that she had no standing to seek a declaratory judgment action because no injury would occur until he was elected, when she…

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Bysiewicz v. DiNardo, 298 Conn. 748; 6 A.3d 726 (Conn. Super. Ct. 2010)

The statutory requirement that the attorney general have ‘‘ten years’ active practice at the bar’’ meant that the attorney general must have had some experience in active practice in court, and that the legislature wanted to ensure that the attorney general would have both the legal status required to appear in court on behalf of…

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