Is a statutory change to a statute making a claim moot moot?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Robinson v. Cate, No. 2:11-cv-2555 MCE AC P (E.D. Cal. 2017):
"A statutory change . . . is usually enough to render a case moot, even if the legislature possesses the power to reenact the statute after the lawsuit is dismissed." Native Village of Noatak v. Blatchford, 38 F.3d 1505, 1510 (9th Cir. 1994). More specifically, id.:
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