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  • But Mildred was so unhappy that, in 1963, she wrote then-attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, asking if new civil rights laws would help.

    Documentary Examines US Struggle to End Bans on Interracial Marriage 2011

  • New York, under then-attorney general Andrew Cuomo , initially filed antitrust charges against Intel in late 2009, alleging the company threatened computer makers and paid huge kickbacks to stop them from using competitors' chips.

    Intel Settles New York Antitrust Case Shara Tibken 2012

  • The case, an amalgam of several that were consolidated in U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2005, expanded on allegations raised in an investigation by New York's then-attorney general, Eliot Spitzer .

    AIG, Other Insurers Settle Suit Over Bid-Rigging Erik Holm 2011

  • In fall 2009, California's then-attorney general, Jerry Brown, sued State Street in Sacramento state court.

    Secret Informant Surfaces in BNY Currency Probe Carrick Mollenkamp 2011

  • Mr. al-Kidd's lawyers say the then-attorney general encouraged authorities after 9/11 to arrest potential suspects as material witnesses when they lacked probable cause to believe the suspects had committed a crime.

    Justices to Hear Ashcroft Appeal Jess Bravin 2010

  • But Mildred was so unhappy that, in 1963, she wrote then-attorney general Robert F. Kennedy, asking if new civil rights laws would help.

    Documentary Examines US Struggle to End Bans on Interracial Marriage 2011

  • Bysiewicz was the clear frontrunner in the state's open governor's race in 2010, but she unexpectedly dropped out and opted to run for attorney general when then-attorney general Richard Blumenthal decided to run for Senate.

    Bysiewicz to run for Senate as Dems prepare for another pitched primary Aaron Blake 2011

  • In October 1973, according to then-attorney general Elliot Richardson, Haig's duplicity exacerbated a bad situation with Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox until it mushroomed into the Saturday Night Massacre -- the resignations of Richardson and his deputy, and the firing of Cox -- which spurred the first calls for Nixon's impeachment.

    Tom Shachtman: Alexander Haig's Dark Side 2010

  • (The well-publicized effort was organized by then-attorney general Robert F. McDonnell.)

    Questions about a private jail for immigrants 2010

  • In October 1973, according to then-attorney general Elliot Richardson, Haig's duplicity exacerbated a bad situation with Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox until it mushroomed into the Saturday Night Massacre -- the resignations of Richardson and his deputy, and the firing of Cox -- which spurred the first calls for Nixon's impeachment.

    Alexander Haig's Dark Side Tom Shachtman 2010

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