Laird v. Chicago & Alton Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• taking jurisdiction, despite mootness, because the issue raised was capable of repetition but evading review
• explaining an individual's completion of a sentence renders an appeal on the propriety of that sentence moot
• \The requirement that a prisoner receive credit for time served is mandatory.\

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