Opinion
22-1225
12-11-2023
PAYNE, JASON v. BIDEN, PRESIDENT OF U.S., ET AL.
The petition for a writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit with instructions to dismiss the case as moot. See United States v. Munsingwear, Inc., 340 U.S. 36 (1950). Justice Jackson, concurring: Although I would require that the party seeking vacatur establish equitable entitlement to that remedy, I accede to vacatur here based on the Court's established practice when the mootness occurs through the unilateral action of the party that prevailed in the lower court. See Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer, 601 U.S. ___ (2023) (Jackson, J., concurring in the judgment).
CERTIORARI -- SUMMARY DISPOSITION