State ex rel. Vaughn Industries, L.L.C. v. Ohio Department of Commerce

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing a petition for a writ of mandamus to compel a state agency and its director to comply with the terms of a settlement agreement concerning complaints filed with the agency alleging violations of the Ohio Prevailing-Wage Law.

{¶2} Appellant, Vaughn Industries, L.L.C. (“Vaughn”), is an electrical and mechanical contractor that performs construction work on public improvements. According to Vaughn’s complaint, in 1995, the Department of Industrial Relations, which then enforced the prevailing-wage law, investigated Vaughn to determine whether it…