State ex rel. Bardo v. City of Lyndhurst

In order for the extraordinary writ of mandamus to issue, this court “must find that the relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that the respondent is under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law.” State, ex rel. Westchester Estates, Inc., v. Bacon (1980), 61 Ohio St. 2d 42, 15 O.O. 3d 53, 399 N.E. 2d 81, paragraph one of the syllabus.

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In this case, the determinations of relator’s right to the promotion and respondents’ duties to promote him re*108quire the resolution of a conflict between the civil service…