Doria v. University of Vermont

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• holding that candidate’s constitutional challenge seeking declaratory judgment was moot at conclusion of election because harm had since passed and no threat of actual injury
• finding that mootness exception did not apply in case in which defeated gubernatorial candidate objected to poll conducted by university professor, because candidate did not \show any reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to the same type of political poll\ in future elections
• request for injunctive relief moot as election was over and defendant’s interest in a pre-election poll was no longer “legally cognizable”
• issues become moot when they are no longer live or parties lack legally cognizable interest in outcome
• “The election involved is long over, and the poll has no continuing relevance. As a result, there is no justiciable controversy, and declaratory relief is not an appropriate remedy.”
• candidate seeking declaration that voter poll improperly influenced election was not entitled to declaratory relief because, after election was over, there was no justiciable controversy

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