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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 58 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 In Re Alfred HH.

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1 In Re Alfred HH Anchor
ill · 2009
green “as a general rule, courts in illinois do not decide moot questions, render advisory opinions, or consider issues where the result will not be affected regardless of how those issues are decided.” 33
2 In re Shelby R.
ill · 2013
green “an appeal is moot if no controversy exists or if events have occurred which foreclose the reviewing court from granting effectual relief to the complaining party.” 12
3 In Re Alfred HH
ill · 2009
green “do not decide moot questions, render advisory opinions, or consider issues where the result will not be affected regardless of how those issues are decided.” 9
4 In re Marriage of Donald B.
ill · 2014
green “consistently held that 'an appeal is moot when it involves no actual controversy or the reviewing court cannot grant the complaining party effectual relief.” 4

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