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May 17, 2004 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education.' This precise day also marked the sixty-first anniversary of the Supreme Court's first use of the phrase "private attorney general." For about three decades after this initial 1943 appearance, the private attorney general concept surfaced only occasionally in the legal literature ...
- William B. Rubenstein
- 2004
A private attorney general or public interest lawyer is an informal term originating in common law jurisdictions for a private attorney who brings a lawsuit claiming it to be in the public interest, i.e., benefiting the general public and not just the plaintiff, on behalf of a citizen or group of citizens. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The attorney may, at the ...
My goal in this Article is to map these mixes - to distill from the singular private attorney general concept a range of distinct private attorneys general - and then to show why this new taxonomy is a helpful heuristic device. Specifically, I argue that the new taxonomy illuminates a weakness in the governing model of the class case.
Mar 19, 2018 · Forty years ago, Judge Jerome Frank coined the term "private Attorney General" to recognize the role of private litigation in the enforcement of law. In the intervening years, the "private attorney general" concept has become both a cliche and a crutch, receiving polite lip service from nearly all, but critical analysis from relatively few. As most college sophomores know, the private attorney ...
- Coffee, C John
- 1983
II. A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL CONCEPT. Private attorney general is an awkward expression, qualifying the public lawyer, the attorney general, with the contradictory appellation, private. Before relishing that curiosity, however, it is worth appreciating the oddity of the public phrase itself.
Jun 16, 2005 · Abstract. Although the phrase private attorney general is commonly employed in American law, its meaning remains elusive. The concept generally serves as a placeholder for any person who mixes ...
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THE PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL IN ANTITRUST LITIGATION A. The Role of the Private Attorney General A private litigant acts as a private attorney general if the litigant asserts a cause of action not only to obtain compensation, but also to vindicate important public interests." Although private litigation has been used to
