Elton Gates and Luster Nelson, Individually and on Behalf of a Class v. B. Towery

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• stating that a tender offer involving “cash on the barrelhead to cover costs, interest, and nominal damages will not be enough where the plaintiffs want compensatory damages (if not punitive damages)”
• “To eliminate the controversy and make a suit moot, the defendant must satisfy the plaintiffs’ demands', only then does no dispute remain between the parties.”
• “A bad theory (whether of liability or of damages) does not undermine federal jurisdiction.”
• “A bad theory (whether of liability or of damages) does not undermine federal jurisdiction.”
• “A bad theory (whether of liability or of damages) does not undermine federal jurisdiction.”
• “A defendant 29 JNESO’s correspondence to Lutter, inclusive of the check for union dues plus interest, does not, by itself, moot her case. Still, a settlement agreement is not necessary to moot a case. See Campbell-Ewald, 577 U.S. at 180 (Roberts, C.J., dissenting

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).