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· 11/28/1977

Galbraith v. City of Columbus

Citations

  • 434 U.S. 973
  • 98 S. Ct. 528

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the defendant’s unconditional release from custody mooted his challenge to his allegedly erroneous revocation of supervised release
  • applying Spencer to a supervised release revocation and concluding that appeal from revocation judgment was moot upon appellant’s completion of his sentence
  • absent proof of ongoing collateral consequences from revocation of supervised release, unconditional release from custody moots challenge to the revocation
  • where collateral consequences not presumed, petitioner has burden to show he faces them
  • extending Spencer mootness standard to revocations of supervised release

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