What authority does the Court have to issue a peremptory writ in the first instance?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Lewis v. Superior Court, 19 Cal.4th 1232, 82 Cal.Rptr.2d 85, 970 P.2d 872 (Cal. 1999):
Soon after its creation, this court recognized its authority to issue a peremptory writ in the first instance. In People v. Turner (1850) 1 Cal. 143, 151, we stated: "An alternative mandamus, in the first instance, we do not deem necessary. Notice of [the] application having been given, and copies of the
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