STATE EX REL. BASSMAN v. EARHART

No. 83-1806.

18 Ohio St. 3d 182 (1985)

THE STATE, EX REL. BASSMAN ET AL., APPELLEES, v. EARHART ET AL., APPELLANTS.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 17, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lyman & Brooks and Walter G. Brooks, for appellees Bassman et al.

Jack W. Decker, for appellees George et al.

Anthony J. Celebrezze, Jr., attorney general, and Jeffrey J. Jurca, for appellants.

Lee C. Falke, prosecuting attorney, and Barbara P. Gorman, urging reversal for amicus curiae, appointing authority of welfare department.


Per Curiam.

It is well-established that "[i]n order for a writ of mandamus to issue, this court must find that relator has a clear legal right to the relief prayed for, that respondent is under a clear legal duty to perform the requested act, and that relator has no plain and adequate remedy at law." State, ex rel. Heller, v. Miller (1980), 61 Ohio St.2d 6, 7 [15 O.O.3d 3]; State, ex rel. Berger,...

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