Cat's Meow, Inc. v. City of New Orleans Through Department of Finance

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• finding collateral consequences exception applied because plaintiffs sought compensatory relief, in addition to declaratory relief, based upon the former provisions of the challenged legislative ordinances
• district court was required to address issue of whether plaintiffs had standing to pursue tax refund before reaching constitutionality of ordinance
• “An issue is moot when a judgment or decree on that issue has been deprived of practical significance • or made abstract or purely academic.”
• “An issue is moot when a judgment or decree on that issue has been deprived of practical significance or made abstract or purely academic.”

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