context: P36 Until now, no jurisdiction had found the lack of a specific statute authorizing its attorney general to make press releases to be an impediment to a claim of absolute immunity in such circumstances.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 787 A.2d 666, 674
citation_a.parenthetical: "The defendant was informing the public of an investigation duly conducted by his office and was carrying out the government policy of reporting to the public those facts that the attorney general claimed supported the allegations of medicaid fraud."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Gold Seal Chinchillas, 420 P.2d at 701 (“No statutory delineation of such responsibility is necessary, however, inasmuch as the Attorney General, as an elected officer of cabinet rank in state government, has an implicit duty by virtue of his position to inform the people of the state of Washington of actions taken in his official capacity.”); see also Hultman v. Blumenthal, 67 Conn.App. 613, 787 A.2d 666, 674 (2002) (“The defendant was informing the public of an investigation duly conducted by his office and was carrying out the government policy of reporting to the public those facts that the attorney general claimed supported the allegations of medicaid fraud.”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 420 P.2d 701, 701
citation_b.parenthetical: "No statutory delineation of such responsibility is necessary, however, inasmuch as the Attorney General, as an elected officer of cabinet rank in state government, has an implicit duty by virtue of his position to inform the people of the state of Washington of actions taken in his official capacity."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Gold Seal Chinchillas, 420 P.2d at 701 (“No statutory delineation of such responsibility is necessary, however, inasmuch as the Attorney General, as an elected officer of cabinet rank in state government, has an implicit duty by virtue of his position to inform the people of the state of Washington of actions taken in his official capacity.”); see also Hultman v. Blumenthal, 67 Conn.App. 613, 787 A.2d 666, 674 (2002) (“The defendant was informing the public of an investigation duly conducted by his office and was carrying out the government policy of reporting to the public those facts that the attorney general claimed supported the allegations of medicaid fraud.”).