McClendon v. City of Albuquerque

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[b]ecause mootness is a matter of jurisdiction, a court may raise the issue sua sponte”
• granting vacatur where compliance with settlement agreement “constitutes responsible governmental conduct to be commended” and voluntary action did not result in manipulation of judicial process
• requiring party seeking only equitable relief to prove good chance of future injury to avoid application of mootness doctrine
• “Mootness is a threshold issue because the existence of a live case or controversy is a constitutional prerequisite to federal court jurisdiction.”
• “Because mootness is a matter of jurisdiction, a court may raise the issue sua sponte.”
• “[T]he existence of a live case or controversy is a constitutional prerequisite to federal court jurisdiction.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).