What is the test for dismissing an appeal as moot?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Kennedy v. Ferguson, B253090 (Cal. App. 2017):
counsel. (In re Acknowledgment Cases (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 1498, 1510; Santa Monica Baykeeper v. City of Malibu (2011) 193 Cal.App.4th 1538, 1547-1548 ["'[a]n appeal should be dismissed as moot when the occurrence of events renders it impossible for the appellate court to grant appellant any effective relief'"].)
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