The Attorney General shall represent the state in all actions before the Supreme Court of the United States and perform all other services required of him by law beyond the limits of the state without extra compensation.
(Ga. L. 1919, p. 134, § 2; Code 1933, § 40-1606.)
Law reviews.- For note, "Perdue v. Baker: Who Has the Ultimate Power over Litigation on Behalf of the State of Georgia - the Governor or the Attorney General?," see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 751 (2005).
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
Litigation over legislative reapportionment.
- As neither the Governor nor the Attorney General of Georgia had the exclusive power to decide the state's interest in litigation, the trial court properly refused the Governor's request to compel the Attorney General to dismiss an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court filed on behalf of Georgia in a case involving legislative reapportionment under the Voting Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Perdue v. Baker, 277 Ga. 1, 586 S.E.2d 606 (2003).
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 7 Am. Jur. 2d, Attorney General, §§ 4, 5.