Does the Court have any authority or authority to rule on moot questions or abstract propositions?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Resendiz, H040803 (Cal. App. 2015):
" ' "[T]he duty of this court, as of every other judicial tribunal, is to decide actual controversies by a judgment which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before it." ' " (Eye Dog Foundation v. State Board (1967) 67 Cal.2d 536, 541.) Simply put, the issue raised by defendant in this appeal is moot.
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