Topic: federal courts lack jurisdiction to decide moot cases becau… · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 162 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler.

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1 Iron Arrow Honor Society v. Heckler Anchor
scotus · 1983
green “federal courts lack jurisdiction to decide moot cases because their constitutional authority extends only to actual cases or controversies.” 136
2 Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation
dcd · 2017
green “a motion to dismiss for mootness is properly brought under rule 12(b)(1) because mootness itself deprives the court of jurisdiction.” 16
3 Thomas Porter v. Harold Clarke
ca4 · 2017
green “a governmental entity's change of policy renders a challenge moot when the governmental entity 'has not asserted its right to enforce the challenged policy at any future time.” 4
4 Leonard v. United States Department of Defense
dcd · 2014
green “an intervening event may render a claim moot if there is no reasonable expectation that the conduct will recur.” 3
5 Martin County, Florida v. Department of Transportation
dcd · 2017
green “is properly brought under federal rule of civil procedure 12(b)(1) because mootness itself deprives the court of jurisdiction.” 3

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