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Moot questions generally involve two questions of law that are under dispute and come with a set of facts about the case that have been decided at the first instance trial. [55] Generally the question will surround a subject that is unclear under the present state of the law and for which no direct precedent exists.
The terms moot, mootness and moot point are used both in English and in American law, although with significantly different meanings. [1] In the legal system of the United States, a matter is "moot" if further legal proceedings with regard to it can have no effect, or events have placed it beyond the reach of the law. Thereby the matter has ...
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., 528 U.S. 167 (2000), was a United States Supreme Court case that addressed the law regarding standing to sue and mootness. The Court held that the plaintiff residents in the area of South Carolina's North Tyger River had standing to sue an industrial polluter, against whom ...
The case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. City of New York, [16] which dealt with transporting guns out of New York City, had been accepted by the Supreme Court in 2019, but due to changes in the underlying law, the case was rendered moot. [13]
DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the case had become moot and so declined to render a decision on the merits. [1]
The Legal Aid Society of Westchester County Executive Director Clare Degnan chats with Judge James Hyer at the opening of the Legal Aid Society's moot court facility in White Plains June 20, 2024.
The court issued a per curiam decision on April 27, 2020, holding that the case was moot in light of the changed law. The Court ordered the prior rulings vacated and the case remanded to lower courts to consider "whether petitioners may still add a claim for damages in this lawsuit with respect to New York City's old rule."
The case was argued, on behalf of Acheson Hotels, by Adam Unikowsky and, for Laufer, by Kelsi Corkran. The case was also argued on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, by Erica Ross, assistant to the Solicitor General. On December 5, 2023, the Court released its opinion, dismissing the case as moot.