State Ex Rel. Taylor v. CIRCUIT COURT ETC.

This is an original action, wherein relators seek a writ of mandate and prohibition, commanding the respondent to vacate his temporary restraining order and expunge and vacate his contempt citations issued against relators in the cause below. The issues raised herein are (1) whether the respondent court had initial jurisdiction to invoke a restraining order against the relators who were defendants below; and (2) whether respondent possessed the further power to cite relators for contempt in order to effect enforcement of his order. The factual chronology preceding this petition for…