Word: mandamus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cambridge City Solicitor Philip M. Cronin said last night that Leen had dismissed a writ of mandamus petitioned by members of the Peace and Freedom Party and the Cambridge Housing convention. The writ asked the court to overturn a ruling by the Cambridge Election Commission that the rent control bill is illegal and cannot appear on the ballot...
...Judge Beer at least, the argument made eminent sense. He affirmed the judges' right to sue and also gave them everything that they had asked for. The plaintiffs won a writ of mandamus that will compel the county to provide for leven more probation officers, eight more clerks, and one judicial assistant at a combined cost in salaries of at least $193,000 a year. The order may become a major precedent. For judges elsewhere may decide that the way to get more staff is to challenge from the other side of the bench...
Young Americans for Freedom have asked the Washington District Court to issue a write of mandamus forcing the State Department to rule on an application for a visa made by Moise Tshombe, head of secessionist Katanga Province...
...considering taking the case to the Circuit Court of Appeals to force Judge Curran to make an immediate ruling on the writ of mandamus. A decision on this action will be made...