Connecticut Commission on Special Revenue v. Connecticut Freedom of Information Comm’n, 387 A.2d 533, 537 (Conn. 1979).
“The attorney general is in a “unique position . . . . This special status of the attorney general where the people of the state are his clients cannot be disregarded in considering the application of the code of professional responsibility to the conduct of his office.” The court refused to find that the attorney…
Blumenthal v. Barnes, 261 Conn. 434, 463, 804 A.2d 152 (2002)
The office of the attorney general possesses only that common-law authority previously held by the state’s attorneys that the legislature has transferred to that office by way of legislation. The office of the attorney general is “a creature of statute” that is governed by statute and, thus, has no common-law authority.
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.
State v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., 286 Conn. 454, 944 A.2d 315, (Conn. 2008).
Connecticut sued Marsh McLennan and other insurers, alleging various antitrust claims under state law and alleging damage to the state’s economy as a result of Marsh’s anticompetitive actions. The trial court dismissed the case on standing grounds, stating that the state did not have the authority to seek damages to its economy because no such…
Dean v. Blumenthal, 577 F. 3d 60 (2d Cir. 2009)
A contractual provision was included in all contracts for legal services entered into by the Connecticut Attorney General which prohibited contributions to candidates for Attorney General from private counsel who were under contract with the state for legal services. Plaintiff was a candidate for Attorney General who challenged the provision on the grounds that it…
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…
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…
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)…