State ex rel. Johnson v. Cleveland Heights/University Heights School District Board of Education

Johnson’s principal contentions are that the court of appeals erred in determining that her employment rights were governed by the collective bargaining agreement and that the agreement’s grievance procedure constituted an adequate remedy at law.

In order to be entitled to a writ of mandamus, Johnson has to establish (1) a clear legal right to salary credits for her law school courses, (2) a corresponding legal duty on the part of the board to grant her request for increased compensation and back pay, and (3) the lack of an adequate remedy in the ordinary course ,of the law. State ex rel.…