Perdue v. Baker

On April 17, 2003, this Court docketed Governor Perdue’s appeal from the trial court’s denial of the Governor’s petition for a writ of mandamus and injunctive relief. The Governor had sought “to compel the [Georgia] Attorney General to comply with his official duty by taking such action as is necessary and appropriate in order to dismiss the pending appeal in the Supreme Court of the United States [Georgia v. Ashcroft, Case No. 02-182],” and to have the Georgia Attorney General “restrained and enjoined from failing to comply with the requirement and direction of the Governor that he take such…