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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.

394 posted on 10/02/2002 6:14:32 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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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.
396 posted on 10/02/2002 6:21:30 PM PDT by CharacterCounts
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