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AG's office scorns Peters' attempt to oust Bronster
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The attorney general's office has urged Probate Court to dismiss Bishop Estate trustee Henry Peters' petition to disqualify Attorney General Margery Bronster as legal guardian of the estate, describing Peters' charges as "incoherent" and "erroneous."
Deputy Attorney General Hugh Jones called Peters' petition -- which alleged that Bronster's investigation of the estate's trustees is in conflict with her duties as parens patriae of the estate -- a "desperate" move by a trustee facing rem...
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; Attorney General Margery Bronster will seek the removal of several Bishop Estate trustees, and will likely call for the appointment of interim trustees or a receiver to take over operations of the multibillion-dollar estate. The state is drafting a petition seeking the temporary removal of all or
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The public trust doctrine, parens patriae, and the attorney general as the guardian of the state's natural resources.
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In civil rights action by Mexican descendants challenging deplorable work conditions, First Circuit affirms dismissal of State of Mexico, which had joined as plaintiff under parens patriae doctrine, for lack of standing.
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Should states have greater standing rights than ordinary citizens? Massachusetts v. EPA's new standing test for states.
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