To: CharacterCounts
"If Forrester wins before the SCOTUS decides wouln't the case then be moot. No harm, no foul." Barbra Streisand! There is precedent in court decisions to be considered.
To: A Citizen Reporter
Appeals court generally refuse to decide a case unless there is an actual controversy existing at the time of the decision. Our Supreme Court has in the past, agreed to hear a case only to later take it off the docket because the issue got otherwise resolved.
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