Beck v. Hodge

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the mootness doctrine applies when, inter alia, the question presented is capable of repetition and apt to elude appellate review
• holding that, “[a]s a general rule, an actual case or controversy must exist at all stages of the judicial process, or a case will be dismissed as moot.”
• holding that an issue before a court is moot if in ruling upon the issue the court cannot enter an order that has any legal force or effect
• holding that an issue before a court is moot if in ruling upon the issue the court cannot enter an order that has any legal force or effect
• holding that, “[a]s a general rule, an actual case or controversy must exist at all stages of the judicial process, or a case will be dismissed as moot.”
• concluding that a dependency finding was not moot when the trial court had closed the dependency matter, but the mother could suffer a detriment based on the court’s initial finding of dependency

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).