Case Details

Issues

Conflicts, Control Of Litigation, Status In State Government

Filing State

PA

Court

Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Year

1972

Citation

City of York v. Pennsylvania Public Util. Comm’n, 295 A.2d 825 (Pa. 1972)

Resolution

Attorneys general cannot direct litigation in a manner contrary to the wishes of the particular state officials they represent.

Case Description

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