Seiden v. Jefferson Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• holding that ongoing dependency proceedings fall outside the third category
• explaining that this exception “applies only when there is a reasonable expectation that the same complaining party will be subject to the same action again”
• finding that foster children’s claims for prospective relief fit within the inherently transitory exception
• concerning ongoing federal court litigation regarding alleged deficiencies in the West Virginia child welfare system
• “Reforming foster care case-by-case would be like patching up holes in a sinking ship by tearing off the floorboards.”
• “West Virginia entrusts to its [DHS] the care of all children in the custody of the State.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).