CAUCUS OF BLACK STATE LEGISLATORS v. Crosby

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• stating an “extraordinary writ of mandamus may not be used to establish the existence of an enforceable right, but rather only to enforce a right already clearly and certainly established in law” (citation omitted)
• “Because the legislature chose to use the word ‘shall’ ... the Department’s obligations are not discretionary.”
• “Because the legislature chose to use the word ‘shall’ ... the Department’s obligations are not discretionary.”
• “Because the legislature chose to use the word ‘shall’ throughout section 944.293, the Department’s obligations are not discretionary.”
• “While we agree with the trial court that the Department’s statutory obligations are ambiguous, according to Schmidt, it is appropriate for us to interpret an ambiguous statute and then determine it to be sufficiently ‘clear’ for the purpose of mandamus.”
• observing “shall” is obligatory, rather than discretionary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).