State ex rel. Olander v. Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

For a writ of mandamus to issue, the relator must have a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, the respondents must be under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and relator must have no plain and adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State, ex rel. Berger, v. McMonagle (1983), 6 Ohio St. 3d 28, 6 OBR 50, 451 N.E. 2d 225. On an appeal as of right from a judgment of a court of appeals, we are to determine whether this standard has been satisfied and whether the lower court abused its discretion by granting or denying the writ. State, ex rel. Pressley, v. Indus. Comm.…