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Monday, June 08, 2009
Court - More about the Indiana Attorney General's entry into the Chrysler case
Updating this ILB entry from yesterday, discussing the Indiana Attorney General's entry into the Indiana funds' challenge to the Chrysler settlement:
The June 6th application for a stay, addressed to Justice Ginsburg of the SCOTUS, is signed by both the New York/Miami counsel, and the Office of the Indiana Attorney General.
Yesterday I addressed several questions to the OAG: Does this representation involve a change of heart, is it a US Supreme Court requirement, had the Treasurer solicited the State AG's involvement earlier? The OAG's public information officer, Bryan Corbin, has this morning sent these answers:
Marcia: In addition to the prepared statement I sent you [ILB - quoted here], here are the answers to your questions:The State Treasurer has consulted with the Office of the Attorney General since we are his counsel. We were not able to handle the unique bankruptcy work, and so we gave consent for him to retain outside counsel. But we were able to assume the work for seeking a stay.
OAG would not always represent quasi-governmental entities such as TRF, but the Major Moves fund brought a constitutional client into the case.
If a stay is granted, then we will review our ability to represent TOS in seeking cert and before the Supreme Court. The amount of time afforded may have some impact on OAG's decision.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on June 8, 2009 09:57 AM
Posted to Courts in general | Indiana Government