Case Name: In the Matter of Edward Jones, Petitioner, v. Robert Wangenstein et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1996-03-11
Citations: 225 A.D.2d 624
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Edward Jones, Petitioner, v Robert Wangenstein et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 225
Pages: 624–624

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Edward Jones, Petitioner, v Robert Wangenstein et al., Respondents.
[639 NYS2d 737]

Opinion:
The extraordinary remedy of mandamus will lie only to compel 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. v Scheinman, 53 NY2d 12, 16). The petitioner has failed to demonstrate a clear legal right to the relief sought. Thompson, J. P., Joy, Krausman and McGinity, JJ., concur.