Hine Builders, LLC v. Glasscock

Citations

• 224 Conn. App. 185

Syllabus

The plaintiff filed an application to compel arbitration pursuant to an agree- ment entered into by the parties. Following a remote status conference, the trial court issued an order directing the parties to commence arbitra- tion within thirty days, and the defendants appealed to this court. The trial court granted the plaintiff's motion to terminate the automatic appellate stay pursuant to the rules of practice (§ 61-11), and the defen- dants did not file a motion for review of that decision. During oral argument before this court, the parties represented that arbitration pro- ceedings were ongoing, including, inter alia, that a demand for arbitration had been filed and acknowledged and that an answer, counterclaim and special defenses had been filed, but shared the position that the appeal was not moot. Held that the appeal was dismissed as it had been rendered moot and, therefore, this court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to entertain the defendants' claims; when the arbitration proceedings com- menced following the termination of the appellate stay, there was no practical relief that this court could afford the defendants because the trial court's judgment from which they appealed, ordering the parties to commence arbitration proceedings, had been executed and could not now be undone. Argued November 7, 2023—officially released March 12, 2024