· 6/28/2001
Williams v. Lara
Citations
- 52 S.W.3d 171
- 44 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 998
- 2001 Tex. LEXIS 74
- 2001 WL 721076
How courts have described this case
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- holding that inmates did not satisfy the capable-of-repetition requirement because “[w]hether and when [they] may be charged with a crime that would lead to their incarceration ... is speculative”
- holding that inmates did not satisfy the capable-of-repetition requirement because \[w]hether and when [they] may be charged with a crime that would lead to their incarceration . . . is speculative\
- holding that case becomes moot if controversy ceases to exist between parties at any stage of proceedings
- holding that case becomes moot if a controversy ceases to exist between the parties at any stage of the proceedings
- concluding that a justiciable controversy between the parties must exist at every stage of the legal proceedings, including the appeal, or the case is moot
- concluding that claims for declaratory and injunctive relief were moot, but the damages claim was not
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Judges: Hankinson
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