Knight v. . Holden

How courts have described this case

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• holding that courts cannot compel the attorney general to perform an official duty that involves discretion
• concluding courts cannot compel Attorney General to initiate suit, as that decision involves his professional judgment and discretion
• holding “courts cannot control [the attorney general’s] judgment in the matter [of bringing suit] and determine his action”
• concluding courts cannot compel Attorney General to initiate suit because that decision involves his professional judgment and discretion
• “The courts cannot, by the writ in question, compel an officer to perform an official duty, where that duty involves . . . discretion on his part.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).