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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 13 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Town of Manalapan v. Rechler.

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1 Town of Manalapan v. Rechler Anchor
fladistctapp · 1996
green “a duty or act is defined as ministerial when there is no room for the exercise of discretion, and the performance being required is directed by law.” 5
2 Town of Manalapan v. Rechler
fladistctapp · 1996
green “mandamus is defined as a remedy to command performance of a ministerial act that the person deprived has a right to demand, or a remedy where public officials or agencies may be coerced to perform ministerial duties that they have a clear legal duty to perform.” 4
3 Hatten v. State
fla · 1990
green “that he has a clear legal right to the performance of a clear legal duty by a public officer and that he has no other legal remedies available to him.” 4

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