C G Blake and Rogers Brown & Company’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. ““The writ of mandamus cannot be issued to compel a judicial tribunal to decide a matter within its discretion in a particular way, or to review its judicial action had in the exercise of legitimate jurisdiction, nor be used to perform the office of an appeal or writ of error. And it only lies, as a general rule, where there is no other adequate remedy. As respects the federal courts, it is well settled that where the mandate leaves nothing to the judgment or discretion of the court below, and that court mistakes or misconstrues the decree 6r judgment of this court and does not give full effect to the mandate, its action may be controlled, either upon a new appeal or writ of error if involving a sufficient amount, or by writ of mandamus to execute the mandate of this court. City Bank of Ft. Worth v. Hunter, 152 U. S. 512 [ 14 Sup. Ct. 675 , 38 L. Ed. 534 ]; In re Sanford Fork & Tool Co., 160 U. S. 247 [ 16 Sup. Ct. 291 , 40 L. Ed. 414 ]; In re Potts, 166 U. S. 263 [ 17 Sup. Ct. 520 , 41 L. Ed. 994 ].””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. A. D. Howe Mach. Co. v. Dayton