National Black Police Association v. District of Columbia

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• holding that intervening legislative action resolved the controversy and eliminated the residual effect of alleged previous injury
• concluding that appeal was moot after finding no “evidence in the record” of government’s intent to repeal new legislation that rendered plaintiffs legal challenge to old legislation unnecessary
• concluding that appeal was moot after finding no “evidence in the record” of government’s intent to repeal new legislation that rendered plaintiff’s legal challenge to old legislation unnecessary
• stating that the court’s prior decisions on mootness 22 reflect the weighing of particular circumstances in the public interest
• noting that the vacated opinion of the trial court will remain “on the books,” thereby allowing future courts to consult its reasoning
• observing that while “the passage of new legislation represents voluntary action, and thus on its face the Bancorp presumption might seem to govern,” District was nonetheless entitled to vacatur

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