Does compliance with an order requiring production of documents render an appeal moot?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Cascade Roads, Inc., In re, 34 F.3d 756 (9th Cir. 1994):

"[I]f an event occurs while a case is pending on appeal that makes it impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief whatever to a prevailing party, the appeal [is moot and] must be dismissed.... [However, w]hile a court may not be able to return the parties to the status quo ante ... [, an appeal is not moot if the] court can fashion some form of meaningful relief...." Church of Scientology v. United States, --- U.S. ----, ---- - ----, 113 S.Ct. 447, 449-50, 121 L.Ed.2d 313 (1992) (quotation omitted) (holding that compliance with an order requiring production of documents does not render moot an appeal of that order). The trustee contends this appeal is moot because "[t]his court cannot give the government any additional relief even if it determines that the bankruptcy court erred in entering the

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