Attorney General Richard Blumenthal boldly sought a ruling from the state Supreme Court to establish once and for all that his office has broad common law power to prosecute civil claims on behalf of the state.
Instead he got defeat-and a history lesson. The case of Blumenthal v. Robin Barnes curbs his power, particularly in the rare cases where the AG’s office would sue in its own right, and not under a specific statute or as legal counsel for a state agency.
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