Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Slater

How courts have described this case

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• holding that claim is mooted on appeal where it is absolutely clear that litigant no longer needs judicial protection
• ruling recidivism was not an element of a particular offense and, therefore, need not be charged in an indictment or determined by a jury
• ruling prior convie-tions need not be submitted to jury when used as sentence enhancements
• describing how the Federal Government voluntarily ceased its offending conduct and holding that the case was not moot
• describing how the Federal Government voluntarily ceased its offending conduct and holding that the case was not moot
• noting that this “heavy burden” lies with the party asserting mootness

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).