Where a debtor challenged a bankruptcy court order that granted the trustee’s motion to approve her proposed sale of assets, the sale authorized by the bankruptcy court could not be undone, so the appeal is moot, and the debtor does ...

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Where the Public Service Commission sought to dismiss an appeal by the Office of Public Counsel as moot in a dispute arising from infrastructure surcharges, the commission erred in finding moot and denying the public counsel’s request that the excess ...

Tagged with: Infrastructure-Replacement Surcharge mootness Overcharges

Where an inmate appealed the dismissal of his claims against correctional officials for allegedly violating his constitutional rights, the district court did not err in ruling that the claims became moot when he was transferred to another correctional facility. Judgment ...

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Defendant was sentenced to imprisonment and supervised release after pleading guilty to drug and firearm charges. While on supervised release, defendant admitted to violating the conditions of his release. The district court revoked defendant’s release and sentenced him to further ...

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Where a bank challenged a trial court judgment quieting title to property acquired for construction, the relief the bank sought, reinstatement of its liens, could not be granted even if the bank succeeded on its points on appeal, so the ...

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Where a juvenile challenged the judgment committing him to the Division of Youth Services after he violated the terms of his intensive court supervision, the juvenile turned 18 years old during the pendency of the appeal, so the case is ...

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Where the highway patrol challenged a trial court decision remanding a disciplinary action to the superintendent, the case was not moot because the revocation of the peace-officer license was not final and the officer was entitled to make a claim ...

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Where appellant challenged the denial of injunctive relief in his breach of contract case, even if injunctive relief was a viable remedy, the expiration of the relevant contract and the closing of the appellant’s business rendered the court unable to ...

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(1)Where a juvenile challenged a circuit court finding that he committed an act that if committed by an adult would have constituted the felony of making a terrorist threat in the second degree, and the juvenile turned 18 and was ...

Tagged with: effectiveness of counsel Juvenile Proceeding mootness

Where an applicant for U.S. citizenship brought an appeal after the district court granted the government’s motion to dismiss his suit against the government seeking a decision on his naturalization application, a proceeding under Section 1447(b) does not become moot ...

Tagged with: jurisdiction mootness Naturalization Application

Where a potential candidate for state office challenged the state’s ballot-access requirements for independent candidates, the state legislature amended the challenged statute to accord with the petition-filing deadline that the candidate had sought, so no controversy remained and the appeal ...

Tagged with: Ballot-Access Requirements Independent Candidates mootness