The attorney general and reporter, exercising discretion and with the concurrence of the head of the executive agency involved, may permit, by express written authorization, staff attorneys employed by the various departments, agencies, boards, commissions or instrumentalities of the state to appear and represent the state in a certain case or certain classes of cases under the direction and control of the attorney general and reporter.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-6-302
Permission for department or agency attorneys to represent state
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. U.S. Dep't of State (2019)
Most recently applied in State v. U.S. Dep't of State (July 2019)
Acts 1951, ch. 20, § 3 (Williams, § 642.8); T.C.A
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