State Ex Rel. Chassaing v. Mummert

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• holding “[i]t is within this Court’s discretion to treat relator’s petition for writ of mandamus as one for a writ of prohibition”
• holding mandamus was \clearly inappropriate\ where the \question of whether discovery is available in a contempt proceeding under section 536.095 has not previously been decided by a Missouri court\
• finding writ of prohibition appropriate where trial judge erroneously ruled on motion to disqualify
• citations to State ex rel. Noranda Aluminum, Inc. v. Rains, 706 S.W.2d 861, 862-63 (Mo. banc 1986)
• citations to State ex rel. Noranda Aluminum, Inc. v. Rains, 706 S.W.2d 861, 862-63 (Mo. banc 1986)
• mandamus may not be used to establish a new right, but only to compel performance of an existing one; it is to execute, not to adjudicate

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