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· 12/16/2009

Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam County

Citations

  • 301 S.W.3d 196
  • 2009 Tenn. LEXIS 835
  • 2009 WL 4840931

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that mootness depends on the facts and circumstances of each case
  • noting the relevance of considering the assistance that a decision will provide to public officials
  • listing Tennessee’s justiciability doctrines as “(1) the prohibition against advisory opinions, (2) standing, (3) ripeness, (4) mootness, (5) the political question doctrine, and (6) exhaustion of administrative remedies” (footnotes omitted)
  • “A case will be considered moot if it no longer serves as a means to provide some sort of judicial relief to the prevailing party.”
  • “A case will be considered moot if it no longer serves as a means to provide some sort of judicial review to the prevailing party.”
  • “Our judicial heritage speaks to restraint in addressing issues when the parties do not have a continuing, real, live, and substantial interest in the outcome.”

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Judges: Koch, Holder, Clark, Wade, Lee

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