State ex rel. Midwest Pride IV, Inc. v. Pontious

For a writ of mandamus to issue, the relator must possess a clear legal right to the respondent’s performance of a clear legal duty and have no adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State ex rel. Scripps Howard Broadcasting Co. v. Cuyahoga Cty. Court of Common Pleas (1995), 73 Ohio St.3d 19, 20, 652 N.E.2d 179, 181. The court of appeals dismissed this cause on the grounds that M.P. could not establish its clear legal right to a hearing on the motion to set aside the sheriffs sale or Judge Pontious’s clear legal duty to conduct such a hearing. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

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