Sentences with phrase «seeks writs of mandamus»

Would the injured party seek an writ of mandamus, ordering the politician to vote according to the contract?

You could sue seeking a writ of mandamus.

One such case sought a writ of mandamus requiring the Federal Administrator, an office created by the James Bay and Northern Quebec Settlement Act, i.e., the James Bay Agreement as ratified by Parliament to constitute an environmental impact study as required by the Act.

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The Trump administration sought an appeal of the case, but last month, a three - judge panel with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied the White House's writ of mandamus petition, a rarely used legal maneuver that would have dismissed the case.

A prisoner sought an extraordinary writ of mandamus from a court to compel a medical care contractor for Delaware's prisons to provide medical care to the prisoner.