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# O.C.G.A. § 45-15-9. Representation of state in United States Supreme Court and beyond state limits.

The Attorney General shall represent the state in all actions before the Supreme Court of the United States and perform all other services required of him by law beyond the limits of the state without extra compensation.

## History

Ga. L. 1919, p. 134, § 2; Code 1933, § 40-1606.

## Law Reviews

For note, ‘‘Perdue v. Baker: Who Has the Ultimate Power over Litigation on Behalf of the State of Georgia — the Governor or the Attorney General?,’’ see 21 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 751 (2005).