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PERDUE v. BAKER

No. S03A1154.

586 S.E.2d 606 (2003)

277 Ga. 1

PERDUE et al. v. BAKER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 4, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank C. Jones, Cushing, Morris, Armbruster & Montgomery, Kirk M. McAlpin, Jr., Carlton M. Henson, Kelly R. Burke, District Attorney, for appellants.

Jeffrey L. Milsteen, Michael E. Hobbs, Deputy Attorneys General, Rogers & Hardin, Richard H. Sinkfield, Robert B. Remar, Ashley R. Hurst, Julie K. Bracker, for appellees.

David G. Oedel, John O. Cole, Anne S. Emanuel, Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore, Emmet J. Bondurant, Michael B. Terry, Jeffrey O. Bramlett, Randi E. Schnell, William H. Pryor, Jr., Attorney General of Alabama, Margaret H. Fleming, Assistant Attorney General of Alabama, Nathan A. Forrester, Solicitor General of Alabama, amici curiae.

FLETCHER, Chief Justice.

Governor Sonny Perdue filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking to compel Attorney General Thurbert Baker to dismiss an appeal filed on behalf of the State of Georgia in a case involving legislative reapportionment under the Voting Rights Act. The trial court denied the Governor's petition, ruling that the Attorney General had exclusive authority to decide whether to continue the State's efforts to enforce a law enacted by the General...

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