Case Details

Issues

Outside Counsel, Status In State Government

Filing State

OR

Court

Oregon Supreme Court

Year

1983

Citation

Frohnmayer v. State Accident Ins. Fund, 660 P. 2d 1061 (Or. 1983)

Resolution

Attorney general is sole representative of state agencies, they may not hire outside counsel without authorization.

Case Description

After the attorney general brought suit to stop unauthorized hiring, the Oregon supreme court affirmed the attorney general’s position that an independent public corporation created by statute could not employ outside counsel and institute legal proceedings without his authorization