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2 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 People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Snyder.

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1 People Ex Rel. Madigan v. Snyder Anchor
ill · 2004
green “mandamus is an extraordinary remedy traditionally used to compel a public official to perform a ministerial duty.” 9
2 Hadley v. Montes
illappct · 2008
green “only if a plaintiff establishes a clear, affirmative right to relief, a clear duty of the public official to act, and a clear authority in the public official to comply with the writ.” 4

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