Jordan v. Sosa

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• stating courts “recognize two kinds of mootness: constitutional mootness and prudential mootness”
• “The mootness doctrine provides that although there may be an actual and justiciable controversy at the time the litigation is commenced, once that controversy ceases to exist, the federal court must dismiss the action for want of jurisdiction.”
• “The mootness doctrine provides that although there may be an actual and justiciable controversy at the time the litigation is commenced, 6 once that controversy ceases to exist, the federal court must dismiss the action for want of jurisdiction.”

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