to rule one way or the other, then a mandamus can be used to order the court to rule on the applications. Mandamus may be a command to do an administrative...

Mandamus may refer to: Mandamus, a legal term Peremptory writ of mandamus Continuing Mandamus Mandamus River in New Zealand Levular Mandamus, character...

A peremptory writ of mandamus (also peremptory writ of mandate or simply peremptory mandamus) is an absolute and unqualified writ (a formal written command)...

filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court asking the Court to issue a writ of mandamus forcing Madison to deliver his commission. In an opinion written by Marshall...

Continuing mandamus, structural interdict, or structural injunction is a relief given by a court of law through a series of ongoing orders over a long...

Mandamus River is a river in the South Island of New Zealand. The headwaters are on the southern side of the Organ Range and it feeds into the Hurunui...

writs of mandamus to lower courts and administrative hearing panels, while some state systems still allow trial courts to issue writs of mandamus or mandate...

ruling denying a petition for a writ of mandamus against a judge, justice Robert Jackson wrote for the court: Mandamus, prohibition and injunction against...

common of the other such prerogative writs are quo warranto, prohibito, mandamus, procedendo, and certiorari. The due process for such petitions is not...

the proposing clause of the ERA. Under the rigid standard required for mandamus actions, this Court must affirm the District Court..."). "Illinois v. Ferriero...