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For example, the First Amendment Center annually holds a National First Amendment Moot Court Competition, in which the judges have included numerous United States Circuit Court judges. [ 52 ] While moot court is most commonly associated with law schools in North America, it is also a popular activity at the collegiate and high school levels.
A textbook example of such a case is the United States Supreme Court case DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974). The plaintiff was a student who had been denied admission to law school, and had then been provisionally admitted during the pendency of the case. Because the student was slated to graduate within a few months at the time the ...
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."
Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, 219 U.S. 498 (1911), was a United States Supreme Court decision that held that while normally, in order for the court to hear a case, there must still be a controversy outstanding, when the issue was such that it would be of short duration, and would most likely become moot before appellate review could take place, and that the issue was likely to reoccur ...
The defendant polluter also claimed that the case was moot because it had ceased polluting, and had closed the factory responsible for the pollution complained of. The Court noted that the polluter still retained its license to operate such a factory, and could reopen similar operations elsewhere if not deterred by the fine sought.
Instead, the appeals court declared that the case was moot, given that his daughter had already returned to Scotland. [8] As a result, it denied his appeal, instead ordering the district court to vacate the return order and dismiss the entire case. [9] Mr. Chafin then appealed to the United States Supreme Court, which accepted the case. [10]