Ex Parte Weaver

POWER! That is what this appeal is about. This appeal does not address in any way the merits of the underlying litigation.

"[W]hich entity [the attorney general or the commissioner of insurance] controls whether [Mike Weaver, as commissioner of insurance of the State of Alabama] remains a party to the appeal[?]"

This is the issue posited in the majority opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals. To me, the issue is much broader.

Does the attorney general of the State of Alabama under his legislative mandate to direct and control litigation concerning the interest of the State or any department…