New! H2O now has access to new and up-to-date cases via CourtListener and the Caselaw Access Project. Click here for more info.

Main Content

Casebook Read Credits
The Role of the State Attorney General
Resource 2 . 12

Iowa AG office can defend Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in Foxhoven suit, judge says, Des Moines Register, March 18, 2022

James E. Tierney

The recurring issue of an attorney general's duty to represent both state government and individual state employees was addressed in Iowa in March of 2022 when the judge stated: “The court leaves it to the attorney general’s office to determine how best to develop the chain of command for the supervision of each case.”   The ethical dilemma that this situation raises is addressed in the Sections dealing with Ethics and the Duty to Defend.

Iowa AG office can defend Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds in Foxhoven suit, judge says, Des Moines Register, March 18, 2022

This book, and all H2O books, are Creative Commons licensed for sharing and re-use with the exception of certain excerpts. Any excerpts from the Restatements of the Law, Principles of the Law, and the Model Penal Code are copyright by The American Law Institute. Excerpts are reproduced with permission, not as part of a Creative Commons license.