writ of mandate
... that the only way for litigants in California to appeal most pre-trial rulings before a final judgment – and the only way to appeal some rulings at all – is by suing the court that issued the order for a writ of mandate?
... that the only way for litigants in <a href="./California" id="mwBlE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="California">California</a> to appeal most pre-trial rulings before a final judgment<span id="mwBlI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>– and the only way to appeal some rulings at all<span id="mwBlM" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>– is by suing the court that issued the order for a <b id="mwBlQ"><a href="./Writ_of_mandate_(California)" id="mwBlU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Writ of mandate (California)">writ of mandate</a></b>?