Case Details

Issues

Control Over Employees, Relationship With Governor, Status In State Government

Filing State

VA

Court

Virginia Supreme Court

Year

2006

Citation

Boynton v. Kilgore, 623 S.E.2d 922 (Va. 2006)

Resolution

Employees of the Virfinia attorney general are not subject to the governor’s authority for purposes of the state personnel statutes

Case Description

In Virginia, terminated employees alleged that they were covered by the personnel statute. The attorney general argued that they were not covered by the statute, because that interpretation would “create an unworkable and irreconcilable conflict between the authority of the governor and that of the attorney general,” and the court agreed