FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, MIAMI LODGE 20, A LABOR ORGANIZATION, WILLIAM T. SMYLIE AND JEFF TURNER, APPELLANTS,
v.
CESAR ODIO, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, AND THE CITY OF MIAMI, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1986-07-22
No. 86-59
Before HUBBART, BASKIN and DANIEL S. PEARSON, JJ.
491 So. 2d 339 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1986) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants challenge the trial court’s issuance of a final order denying a petition for writ of mandamus and a request for temporary injunction. A writ of mandamus may be issued only where a petitioner has demonstrated a clear legal right on its part, an indisputable ministerial duty on the part of the respondent, and the absence of another adequate remedy. Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. American Healthcorp, 471 So. 2d 1312, 1314 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985); State ex rel. Blatt v. Panelfab International Corp., 314 So. 2d 196, 198 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975); City of Miami v. Rezeau, 129 So. 2d 432 (Fla. 3d DCA), cert. denied, 133 So. 2d 646 (Fla.1961). Our review of the record, applicable case law, and the pertinent sections of the Civil Service Rules and Regulations and the Charter of the City of Miami reveals that appellants failed to prove the existence of even one of these three factors. Finding no merit in the remaining issues, we affirm.

Affirmed.


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