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| | “To qualify as a case fit for federal-court adjudication, ‘an actual controversy must be extant at all stages of review, not merely at the time the complaint is filed.’” ''Arizonans for Off. Eng. v. Arizona'', 520 U.S. 43, 67 (1997) (quoting ''Preiser v. Newkirk'', 422 U.S. 395, 401 (1975)). “A case becomes moot—and therefore no longer a ‘Case’ or ‘Controversy’ for purposes of Article III—when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” ''Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.'', 568 U.S. 85, 91 (2013) (quotation omitted). | | “To qualify as a case fit for federal-court adjudication, ‘an actual controversy must be extant at all stages of review, not merely at the time the complaint is filed.’” ''Arizonans for Off. Eng. v. Arizona'', 520 U.S. 43, 67 (1997) (quoting ''Preiser v. Newkirk'', 422 U.S. 395, 401 (1975)). “A case becomes moot—and therefore no longer a ‘Case’ or ‘Controversy’ for purposes of Article III—when the issues presented are no longer ‘live’ or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome.” ''Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc.'', 568 U.S. 85, 91 (2013) (quotation omitted). |
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| − | In other words, “[m]ootness applies when intervening circumstances render the court no longer capable of providing meaningful relief to the plaintiff.” ''Ctr. for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. BP Am. Prod. Co.'', 704 F.3d 413, 425 (5th Cir. 2013). Courts may “assume without deciding that standing exists in order to analyze mootness.” ''Friends of the Earth, Inc.'', 528 U.S. at 180 (citing ''Arizonans for Off. Eng.'', 520 U.S. at 66–67).
| + | “Mootness applies when intervening circumstances render the court no longer capable of providing meaningful relief to the plaintiff.” ''Ctr. for Biological Diversity, Inc. v. BP Am. Prod. Co.'', 704 F.3d 413, 425 (5th Cir. 2013). Courts may “assume without deciding that standing exists in order to analyze mootness.” ''Friends of the Earth, Inc.'', 528 U.S. at 180 (citing ''Arizonans for Off. Eng.'', 520 U.S. at 66–67). |
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| | ''Amawi v. Paxton'', 956 F.3d 816, 819, 821 (5th Cir. 2020) (dismissing an appeal as moot when a statutory amendment “provided the plaintiffs the very relief their lawsuit sought”). | | ''Amawi v. Paxton'', 956 F.3d 816, 819, 821 (5th Cir. 2020) (dismissing an appeal as moot when a statutory amendment “provided the plaintiffs the very relief their lawsuit sought”). |
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| | + | “[A] case challenging a statute, executive order, or local ordinance usually becomes moot if the challenged law has expired or been repealed.” ''Spell v. Edwards'', 962 F.3d 175, 179 (5th Cir. 2020). |
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