Willimon v. City of Greenville

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• primary purpose of mandamus is to enforce an established legal right and corresponding imperative duty imposed by law
• to obtain a writ of mandamus, the petitioner must show: (1) a duty of the respondent to perform an act; (2) the ministerial nature of the act; (3) the petitioner's specific legal right for which discharge of the duty is necessary; and (4) the lack of any other legal remedy

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