District of Columbia v. ExxonMobil Oil Corp

November 18, 2020

DC AG brought an action against an oil company and several petroleum distributors alleging violations of the city’s Retail Service Station Act (RSSA).  Defendants moved to dismiss arguing that the statute contemplates only private enforcement of its provisions and that the District failed to assert a quasi-sovereign to support assertions of parens patriae standing. The lower court…

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Colorado v. Warner Chilcott Holdings, No. 05-2182 (CKK), Magistrate Memorandum Order (D.D.C. May 8, 2007)

November 18, 2020

For discovery purposes, state agencies need to be served with third party subpoenas, rather than party discovery, because they are not controlled by the attorney general.

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Washington v. District of Columbia, 2012 D.C. App. LEXIS 504 (D.C. Ct. App. 2012).

November 18, 2020

In the District of Columbia, the prosecutorial authority is divided, with the D.C. attorney general’s office (AGO) prosecuting some minor crimes, and the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia (USAO) prosecuting most other criminal violations. Unbeknownst to each other, both the AGO and the USAO filed charges against defendant, who had injured people…

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