The Role of the State Attorney General - Arizona State Law School Version

Resource 3 . 7

31 minutes

People ex rel. Deukmejian v. Brown

James E. Tierney,

Terry Goddard

The California Supreme Court explicitly rejects the Massachusetts approach in People ex rel. Deukmejian v. Brown, 29 Cal.3d 150, 624 P.2d 1206 (1981) and requires that the attorney general to be subject to the Governor on litigation decisions although practice in California as in other states remains murky. 

 

Supreme Court of California

29 Cal. 3d 150

S.F. No. 24252

1981-03-12

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