State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Burning Tree Club, Inc.

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• recognizing that in states where the Attorney General possesses common- law powers, he ―has broad authority to initiate those suits which he believes are necessary to uphold the public interest‖
• because the Attorney General has the duty of defending the validity of Maryland statutes, he cannot seek a court declaration that a Maryland statute is unconstitutional
• \[M]embers of the General Assembly rely upon the advice of the Attorney General as to whether a proposed enactment is valid.\
• “[M]embers of the General Assembly rely upon the advice of the Attorney General as to whether a proposed enactment is valid.”
• “[M]embers of the General Assembly rely upon the advice of the Attorney General as to whether a proposed enactment is valid.”
• obligation of State official to defend constitutionality of statute enacted by General Assembly

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).