Opinion
No. 79-367-M.P.
November 2, 1979.
Dennis J. Roberts II, Atty. Gen., John R. McDermott, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioners.
Michael P. DeFanti, Hinckley, Allen, Salisbury & Parsons, Robert J. Ferranty, Providence, for respondent.
ORDER
The petitioners' motion for a stay is denied. The parties are directed to brief and be prepared to argue the following question: In instances where the Attorney General is challenging an order of the Public Utilities Commission, should not the Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, whose director also acts as chairman of the Commission, assume the defense of the Commission's order by invoking the provisions of G.L.1956 (1977 Reenactment) § 39-1-20 and employ its own legal counsel as it defends the order?