The University of Akron IdeaExchange@UAkron Akron Law Review Akron Law Journals July 2015 The itC izen's Relief Against Inactive Federal Officials: Case Studies in Mandamus, Actions "In The aN ture of Mandamus," and Mandatory Injuctions Howard W. Brill Please take a moment to share how this work helps you through this survey. Your feedback will be important as we plan further development of our repository. Follow this and additional works at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview Part of the Civil Procedure Commons, and the Litigation Commons Recommended Citation Brill, Howard W. (1983) "The itC izen's Relief Against Inactive Federal Officials: Case Studies in Mandamus, Actions "In The aN ture of Mandamus," and Mandatory Injuctions," Akron Law Review: Vol. 16 : Iss. 3 , Article 1. Available at: https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/akronlawreview/vol16/iss3/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Akron Law Journals at IdeaExchange@UAkron, the institutional repository of The nivU ersity of Akron in Akron, Ohio, USA. It has been accepted for inclusion in Akron Law Review by an authorized administrator of IdeaExchange@UAkron. For more information, please contact
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