OUTDOOR CENTRAL, INC. v. GreatLodge. Com, Inc.

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• explaining that this sort of “mootness argument” would impermissibly require us “to reach the merits before reaching jurisdiction,” because it “hinges on affirmance of the [appealed] claim”
• “Though the parties agree that the case is properly before this court, they may not create jurisdiction by waiver or consent.” (internal quotations omitted)
• “[A] court may not assume hypothetical jurisdiction to decide contested questions of law when its jurisdiction is in doubt.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)

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