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6 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 63 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 Greenfield v. NJ Dept. of Corr..

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1 Greenfield v. NJ Dept. of Corr. Anchor
njsuperctappdiv · 2006
green “an issue is 'moot' when the decision sought in a matter, when rendered, can have no practical effect on the existing controversy.” 20
2 Greenfield v. NJ Dept. of Corr.
njsuperctappdiv · 2006
green “an issue is moot when the decision sought in a matter, when rendered, can have no practical effect on the existing controversy.” 13
3 De Vesa v. Dorsey
nj · 1993
green “a case is technically moot when the original issue presented has been resolved, at least concerning the parties who initiated the litigation.” 10
4 Betancourt v. Trinitas Hosp.
njsuperctappdiv · 2010
green “a case is technically moot when the original issue presented has been resolved, at least concerning the parties who initiated the litigation.” 10
5 Betancourt v. Trinitas Hosp.
njsuperctappdiv · 2010
green “courts normally will not decide issues when a controversy no longer exists, and the disputed issues have become moot.” 6
6 Greenfield v. NJ Dept. of Corr.
njsuperctappdiv · 2006
green “when the decision sought in a matter, when rendered, can have no practical effect on the existing controversy.” 4

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