State ex rel. Meshel v. Keip

As stated in the first paragraph of the syllabus in State, ex rel. Heller, v. Miller (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 6:

“In order to grant a writ of mandamus, the court must *381find that relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that respondent is under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law.”

The action of the Controlling Board was not quasi-judicial in nature. As a consequence there is no adequate remedy at law.

Respondents argue, however, the relator is not entitled to the requested relief because of the board’s failure to…