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Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2011

Sobel v. Ross

Sobel v. Ross
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided March 8, 2011
82 A.D.3d 900; 918 N.Y.2d 350
Sobel v. Ross

Opinion of the Court

The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to *901compel the performance of a ministerial act and only when there exists a clear legal right to the relief sought (see Matter of Legal Aid Socy. of Sullivan County v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16 [1981]). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Angiolillo, J.E, Florio, Hall and Miller, JJ., concur.

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