Plum Creek Development Co. v. City of Conway

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• holding a writ of mandamus is a coercive writ that orders a public official to perform a ministerial duty
• noting that the subject matter is the same “when the claims arise out of the same transaction or occurrence that was the subject of a prior action.”
• noting that the fact that different remedies were sought in a subsequent action did not alter the fact that the claims from both actions arose from the same exact factual basis and were identical
• barring a litigant from raising issues which might have been raised in a former suit
• finding primary purpose of mandamus is to enforce an established legal right and corresponding imperative duty imposed by law
• finding primary purpose of mandamus is to enforce an established legal right and corresponding imperative duty imposed by law

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