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· 11/9/1970

Beedle v. California

Citations

  • 400 U.S. 910
  • 91 S. Ct. 155

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • fed- eral moratorium on oil drilling off the California coast did not moot a challenge to local land use ordinances that regulated related onshore facilities
  • “The court inquires whether the controversy generated is essentially legal in nature or whether further factual amplication is necessary.”
  • “The ripeness inquiry asks ‘whether there is yet any need for the court to act,’ while the mootness inquiry asks ‘whether there is anything left for the court to do.’ ” (quoting Wright, Miller & Cooper, Federal Practice and Procedure, § 3532.1 (2d ed. 1984))

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