135 F. Supp. 2d 1185 - Nicholson v. Moates’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
April 2017
most recently cited
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Relies on Parratt v. Taylor · Hishon v. King & Spalding · Fuentes v. Shevin · Papasan v. Allain · Ancata v. Prison Health Services, Inc.
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“"(1) a clear legal right in the petitioner to the order sought; (2) an imperative duty upon the respondent to perform, accompanied by a refusal to do so; (3) the lack of another adequate remedy; and (4) properly invoked jurisdiction of the court,” Ex parte Edgar, 543 So.2d 682, 684 (Ala. 1989); see also Ex parte Hudson, 562 So.2d 248, 250 (Ala. 1990), Alabama courts will issue a writ of mandamus to require a public official to do a ministerial act that the official is legally bound to perform. Taylor v. Troy State Univ., 437 So.2d 472, 474-75 (Ala.1983).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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