STATE, EX REL. CITY OF BEDFORD v. BD. OF ELECTIONS OF CUYAHOGA CTY.

No. 90-2123.

62 Ohio St.3d 17 (1991)

THE STATE, EX REL. CITY OF BEDFORD, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY ET AL., APPELLEES.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided September 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Mark I. Wallach, John E. Gotherman and Smith R. Brittingham IV, for appellant.

Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Prosecuting Attorney, and Michael P. Butler, for appellee board of elections.

Lee I. Fisher, Attorney General, and Catherine M. Cola, for appellee Secretary of State.


Per Curiam.

For a writ of mandamus to issue, Bedford must have a clear legal right to the performance of a clear legal duty and no adequate remedy in the ordinary course of law. State, ex rel. Brookpark Entertainment, Inc., v. Cuyahoga Cty. Bd. of Elections (1991), 60 Ohio St.3d 44, 45-46, 573 N.E.2d 596, 598-599. For the reasons that follow, we hold that Bedford is entitled, by virtue of the city's powers...

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