State ex rel. Langhenry v. Britt (Slip Opinion)

Citations

• 2017 Ohio 7172

Syllabus

Mandamus-Elections-Under the Cleveland City Charter, an emergency measure providing for the usual daily operation of a municipal department is subject to referendum-Clerk of the Cleveland City Council had a clear legal duty to verify the sufficiency of petition signatures-Relators have a clear legal right to compel performance of that ministerial duty-The right to seek repeal of a law by initiative is not an adequate remedy in the ordinary course of the law-Clerk and law director have adverse legal interests in this case-Writ granted.