[js1138]

...situations where someone files a civil rights case and the other side promptly does what is being demanded, so there's no case left to try. The plaintiff's (possibly ACLU) lawyers still want to get paid, saying that but for them, the "abuses" would have continued. Some cases hold that no fees are appropriate in such situations.

Just curious: can a judge refuse to allow the defendent to make it right before judgement in a situation where they could turn around and reinstate the policy a week later?

[PatrickHenry]

Just curious: can a judge refuse to allow the defendent to make it right before judgement in a situation where they could turn around and reinstate the policy a week later?

I doubt very much that the case would have become moot, even if the board had dropped their policy. But I'm not certain of this. It's tricky stuff. Anyway, the original board were too crazy to entertain such a notion.