The Role of the State Attorney General

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February 8th, 2023
- Added AG Josh Shapiro sides with plaintiffs in school funding lawsuit, saying Pa. is violating its constitution-May 17, 2022
January 24th, 2023
- Added Ohio Attorney General and Columbus locked in court dispute over extent of local firearm authority - Ohio Capital Journal, January 24, 2023
January 3rd, 2023
- Added "How Iowa AG Tom Miller's Career Helped Reshape the Nation's Legal Landscape," Alan Greenblat, Governing Magazine, January, 2023
- Added "How Iowa AG Tom Miller's Career Helped Reshape the Natiion's Legal Landscape, " Alan Greenblatt, Governing Magazine, January 2023
December 23rd, 2022
- Added Missouri Attorney General is taking an outsized role in opposing innocence cases | KCUR 89.3 - NPR in Kansas City, Dec 23, 2022
December 22nd, 2022
- Added Family Loosens Grip on New York Irish Group and its Guilded Age Mansion, New York Times, Dec. 22, 2022
December 20th, 2022
- Added NY troopers PBA tells members to 'not cooperate' with attorney general | News | oleantimesherald.com, Dec 20, 2022
December 19th, 2022
- Added Washington Sup Ct. stops Albertsons' $4 billion dividend merger, December 17, 2022, BosieDev.
December 15th, 2022
- Added "Fixing Public Consumer Protection Enforcement," O.H. Skinner, Harvard Journal of Law and Social Policy, Dec 5, 2022
December 14th, 2022
- Added RI attorney general declines to defend Gov. McKee in homeless evictions lawsuit | WPRI.com - Dec 14, 2022
December 9th, 2022
- Added National Association of Attorneys General - Summary of Tobacco AG Responsibilities
- Removed California Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Amazon- The New York Times - Sept 14, 2022 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed Antitrust from The Role of the State Attorney General
December 2nd, 2022
- Removed Berger v North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (edited) from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Added Berger v North Carolina NAACP, 597 US - ____, March 21, 2022 (edited)
- Added Editorial: Idaho AG Wasden's Good Deeds Do Not Go Unpunished, Lewiston (Idaho) Tribune, March 14, 2021
August 17th, 2022
- Removed "Workers’ rights protection and enforcement by state attorneys general State AG labor rights activities from 2018 to 2020" - Report • By Terri Gerstein • August 27, 2020, EPI and Harvard Work Life Program from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Added National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG) - Labor and Employment
August 11th, 2022
- Added Sample Exam 9: Spring 2022 Exam
- Added Sample Exam 8: Fall 2021 Exam
- Added Sample Exam 7: Spring 2020 Exam
August 5th, 2022
- Added Minnesota Supreme Court: Madison Equities must provide payroll records in security guard overtime dispute - Pioneer Press - Dec 23, 2021
- Added Madison Equities Inc v Attorney General (edited)
August 4th, 2022
- Added Paxton Bar Complaint- May 25, 2022
- Added Rokita bar complaint- July 15, 2022
- Added Prosecutor Is Barred From Pursuing Criminal Case Against Trump Ally - The New York Times - July 25, 2022
July 29th, 2022
- Added Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison won't appeal ruling overturning abortion restrictions-July 28, 2022
July 26th, 2022
- Edited Kansas attorney general tries to tamp down fears about abortion measure, July 25, 2022, Los Angeles Times
July 25th, 2022
- Added Holcomb v Bray (edited)
- Added Cameron v EMW Womens Surgical Center PSC (edited)
- Added Berger v North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (edited)
- Added Frustrated by COVID lawsuits, Missouri Senate committee cuts attorney general's budget, April 21, 2022, KCUR NPR
July 22nd, 2022
- Added Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt Files Suit Against the City of St. Louis to Halt Taxpayer-Funded Abortions, Jul 21, 2022
July 19th, 2022
- Added Missouri Attorney General is again asked to clarify birth control-July 18, 2022
July 18th, 2022
- Added Discretion Versus Supersession Calibrating the Power Balance Bet
- Added "AG Nessel would let local prosecutors enforce Michigan's abortion ban" -July 5, 2022
- Added "I Will Not Prosecute"-June 24m 2022 - Mi AG Nesell
- Added Michigan v. EPA, 129 Harv. L. Rev. 311 (Nov. 10, 2015)
- Added Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency, Oyez
- Added Supreme Court Opinion
- Added Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, 128 Harv. L. Rev. 361 (Nov. 10, 2014).
- Added Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA, Oyez
- Added EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L.P., 128 Harv. L. Rev. 351 (Nov. 10, 2014).
- Added Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation, Oyez
- Added American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut, Oyez
- Added Massachusetts v. EPA, 121 Harv. L. Rev. 415 (Nov. 1, 2007).
- Added Lawrence G. Wasden and Brian Kane, Massachusetts V. EPA: A Strategic and Jurisdictional Recipe for State Attorneys General in the Context of Emission Accelerated Global Warming Solutions, 44 Idaho L. Rev. 703 (2007-2008).
- Added Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency, Oyez
July 11th, 2022
- Added Landmark tobacco lawsuit settled 25 years ago- what happened to money, Mississippi Today, June 26, 2022
June 21st, 2022
- Added DeSantis taps D.C. law firm billing $725 an hour to defend culture war laws, Orlando Sentinel, Jun 17, 2022
June 13th, 2022
- Added Court Rejects NRA’s Bogus Counterclaims Against Attorney General James, ag.ny.gov, June 10, 2022
June 8th, 2022
- Added "RI Changes Drug Possession Charges from Felonies to Misdemeanors." Brown Daily Herald, Oct 22, 2021
- Added Chopra’s Deputies: State Attorneys General and Consumer Protection, New York Law Journal, June 8, 2022
- Removed Trial in DOJ fight with American Airlines set for September, 2022 - Business Insurance - Nov. 20, 2021 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed Federal Judge Rules In Favor Of FTC Challenge To Sysco And US Foods Merger - June 23, 2015 - Forbes from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed 37 AGs Sue Google in Alleging Google Illegally Maintains App Store Monopolies, Unfairly Edges Out Competition, July 7, 2021 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Added Hawaii v. Peters, Cir Ct of Hawaii, March, 1999
- Edited U.S. court dismisses D.C. antitrust lawsuit against Amazon | Reuters - March 19, 2022
June 7th, 2022
- Removed Address of Renata Hesse, Acting Antitrust Division, ABA Forum, November, 2016 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed State Center collection of state antitrust actions, 2015 to 2019 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed Texas AG - Amazon-Parler CID (January 13, 2021) from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed Judge orders three trustees of Otto Bremer Trust back to school, but does not remove them, Twin Cities Pioneer Press, November 16, 2020 from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Removed Mn. Attorney General Ellison asks court to remove trustees of Otto Bremer Trust, Statement, August 12, 2020 from The Role of the State Attorney General
May 3rd, 2022
- Added Vermont youths that claim abuse by 22 DCF employees at Woodside juvenile center, Bennington Banner, December 13, 2021
- Added Iowa AG office can defend Kim Reynolds in Foxhoven suit, judge says, Des Moines Register, March 18, 2022
April 25th, 2022
- Added Idaho attorney general Republican candidates participate in statewide debate, YouTube, Apr 20, 2022
April 15th, 2022
- Added A Financial Services Company Illegally Leased Dogs, $930,000 Settlement, Massachusetts AG Healy, New York Times, April 14, 2022 | H2O
April 14th, 2022
- Added Minnesota AG Asks Court to Oversee Nonprofit After Fraud, KNSI, April 12, 2022
April 6th, 2022
- Added No Charges Against Police in Amir Locke Shooting - Mn AG and DA - The New York Times - April 6, 2022
March 21st, 2022
- Added Texas AG Ken Paxton tried to indict Travis Countyâs elections chief | The Texas Tribune - December, 2021
- Removed Flowers Case Shows How AGs Are Stepping Into The Spotlight - Law360 - (Sept 13, 2020) from The Role of the State Attorney General
- Added GOP pressures Texas high court to reverse election prosecution decision | The Texas Tribune - January, 2022
- Added U.S. court dismisses D.C. antitrust lawsuit against Amazon | Reuters - March 19, 2022
March 4th, 2022
- Added Atty Fees Capped At 15% In $26B Opioid MDL Settlement- Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd-August 9, 2021
February 28th, 2022
- Edited Delaware Attorney General Jennings trying to balance legal playing field Aug 5th, 2020, Mike Finney , Delaware State News, Aug 5, 2020 (Supplemental)
February 24th, 2022
- Added Ohio AG Dave Yost urges federal judge to dismiss opioid lawsuits filed by Cleveland, other local governments - Cleveland.com, Feb. 16, 2022
- Removed RI State v. Lead Industries Ass'n , 951 A.2d 428, (2008) from The Role of the State Attorney General
January 20th, 2022
- Edited Where are they now? The Promise and Peril of being a Former SG : "Former State SG's and Other State AG Attorneys Who Are Active Judges," Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme.Ct Counsel, 2022
- Edited State AG Supreme Court Amicus Statistics (2022), Dan Schweitzer, NAAG Supreme Court Counsel
January 12th, 2022
- Added Emily Myers, Antitrust Chief Counsel, NAAG; Chapter 15, "Antitrust", State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities (2018)
- Edited AAG Bob Carlson, Missouri, Assistant Attorney General, Chapter 12, "Protection and Regulation of Nonprofits and Charitable Assets", State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities (2018)
- Edited Emily Myers, Antitrust Chief Counsel, NAAG; Chapter 5, "Opinions", State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities (2018)
- Edited Chris Toth, et al., Chapter 17, "Criminal Justice", Attorneys General and Criminal Law, State Attorneys General Powers and Responsibilities (2018)
- Added Attorney General Herring says Youngkin can't take Virginia out of regional greenhouse gas initiative - Richmond.com- January 11, 2022
- Added Mn AG discusses Floyd prosecution and its impact on police - NAAG - Dec. 2021
December 22nd, 2021
- Added With federal oversight in short supply, state AGs step in to probe troubled police - The Washington Post
- Added NY AG Charities Report Finds Than Two-Thirds of Charitable Campaign Donations Went to Charities While Professional Fundraisers Retained the Rest | Dec 22, 2021l
January 15th, 2020
- Casebook first published.

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