Doris Armstrong v. Benjamin Ward, Commissioner of Correctional Services

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• rejecting application of the exception because, although there was “a possibility” the dispute would recur, “such speculative contingencies afford no basis for our passing on the substantive issues [appellees] would have us decide” (quoting Hall, 396 U.S. at 49)
• “[W]hile there is always the possibility . . . that the State will change its mind [and transfer the petitioners back to the facility they object to,] ‘such speculative contingencies afford no basis for our passing on the substantive issues.’”

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