State ex rel. Dreamer v. Mason

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment granting a writ of mandamus. We reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and deny the writ because appellees, employees of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections (“the elections board”), have not satisfied their burden to show that appellants, Cuyahoga County Prosecuting Attorney William D. Mason (“the prosecutor”) and the Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners (“the commissioners”), had a clear legal duty under R.C. 309.09 and 305.14 to jointly apply to the court of common pleas for the retroactive appointment of counsel and reimbursement of…