Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Ferguson

The majority properly notes that a writ of prohibition is an extraordinary writ and should issue only in cases of extreme necessity arising from the inadequacy of other remedies.

In the instant cause, a declaratory judgment action or an injunction, or both, are available adequate remedies, which should deny the issuance of a writ.

This court has firmly established that it will refuse to issue the high prerogative writ of prohibition in any instance where there exists a plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law. State, ex rel. Dormody, v. McClure (1977), 50 Ohio St. 2d 335;…