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· 4/17/1986

Lutheran Service Ass'n of New England, Inc. v. Metropolitan District Commission

Citations

  • 491 N.E.2d 255
  • 397 Mass. 341
  • 1986 Mass. LEXIS 1269

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • mandamus action “is appropriate to compel a public official to perform an act which the official has a legal duty to perform”
  • mandamus action “is appropriate to compel a public official to perform an act which the official has a legal duty to perform”
  • “In the absence of an alternative remedy, relief in the nature of mandamus is appropriate to compel a public official to perform an act which the official has a legal duty to perform”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Hennessey, Liacos, Abrams, Lynch, O'Connor

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