Town of Manalapan v. Rechler

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, in the context of mandamus, a “duty or act is defined as ministerial when there is no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance being required is directed by law”
• production of requested public records is ministerial duty as it is a duty imposed by Chapter 119
• “A duty or act is defined as ministerial when there is no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance being required is directed by law.”
• mandamus is used to compel performance of ministerial duties, meaning “there is no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance being required is directed by law.”
• prohibition issued to prevent enforcement of order that had already been entered
• “Mandamus is defined as a remedy to command performance of a ministerial act that the person deprived has a right to demand, or a remedy where public officials or agencies may be coerced to perform ministerial duties that they have a clear legal duty to perform.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).