National Advertising Co. v. City of Miami

How courts have described this case

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• holding that motivation for amendment is “not the central focus” of inquiry; rather, question is whether this motivation indicates intention of returning to prior conduct
• holding the City of Miami’s amendments to its zoning code rendered moot the plaintiffs First Amendment challenge
• explaining that, if a claim is moot, a federal court no longer has subject-matter jurisdiction over it
• explaining that, if a claim is moot, a federal court no longer has subject-matter jurisdiction over it
• noting that if suit has become moot, it must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
• noting that mootness “may be raised by the court sua sponte, regardless of whether the district court considered it or if the parties briefed the issue”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).