Garcia v. Laughlin

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the Attorney General did not have authority to institute removal proceedings on behalf of the State against a county official
• indicating that Attorney General’s lack of authority would deprive trial court of jurisdiction
• indicating lack of authority to institute suit would deprive trial court of jurisdiction
• constitution recognizes right of legislature to regulate and prescribe to county and district attorneys their respective duties
• constitution recognizes right of legislature to regulate and prescribe to county and district attorneys their respective duties
• “Individual citizens have no private interest distinguishable from the public as a whole and have no right to maintain an ouster suit without being joined by a proper state official.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).