Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. v. Moran

This certiorari involves the power of the courts to enforce their judgments. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. filed an original petition seeking writs of mandamus and prohibition requiring a State Court judge to abide by the judgment of the Court of Appeals in the case before him.1 The Court of Appeals dismissed the petition by order, seeming to hold that the appellate courts of this State have no jurisdiction to entertain original petitions for mandamus. We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Appeals erred in so ruling.

The judicial powers of this State are vested in the Supreme…