State ex rel. Hensley v. Nowak

Relators ask for a writ of mandamus “directing * * * [respondents] to comply with this Court’s holding in State v. VFW Post 3562 * * *.” However, what relators want is to prevent respondents from engaging in administrative searches in violation of VFW Post 3562.

“A writ of mandamus compels action or commands the performance of a duty, while a decree of injunction ordinarily restrains or forbids the performance of a specified act.” State, ex rel. Smith, v. Indus. Comm. (1942), 139 Ohio St. 303, 22 O.O. 349, 39 N.E. 2d 838, paragraph two of the syllabus, quoted in Assn. for the Defense of the…