15 Cited authorities

Lewis v. Continental Bank Corp.
494 U.S. 472 (1990) Cited 3,427 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding mootness destroys subject-matter jurisdiction
Church of Scientology of California v. United States
506 U.S. 9 (1992) Cited 1,620 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that an appeal concerning produced tape recordings was not moot because a court could "effectuate a partial remedy by ordering the [receiving party] to destroy" copies of the recordings
Murphy v. Hunt
455 U.S. 478 (1982) Cited 2,089 times
Holding that defendant's challenge to denial of pretrial release had become moot after he was convicted because he would have been entitled to pretrial release only if his convictions were reversed but had shown no more than a possibility of reversal
Steffel v. Thompson
415 U.S. 452 (1974) Cited 2,481 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that Younger abstention is inappropriate when no state-court proceeding "is pending at the time the federal complaint is filed," because in that circumstance "federal intervention does not result in duplicative legal proceedings or disruption of the state criminal justice system"; it cannot "be interpreted as reflecting negatively upon state court's ability to enforce constitutional principles"; and the absence of a pending state-court proceeding deprives "the federal plaintiff [of] a concrete opportunity to vindicate his constitutional rights"
School District No. 1J, Multnomah County v. ACandS, Inc.
5 F.3d 1255 (9th Cir. 1993) Cited 4,889 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the "overwhelming weight of authority is that the failure to file documents in an original motion or opposition does not turn the late filed documents into 'newly discovered evidence'" for a motion for reconsideration
Preiser v. Newkirk
422 U.S. 395 (1975) Cited 1,878 times
Holding that "a federal court has neither the power to render advisory opinions nor to decide questions that cannot affect the rights of litigants in the case before them"
United States v. Stonehill
660 F.3d 415 (9th Cir. 2011) Cited 149 times
Holding that a fraud on the court must be established by clear and convincing evidence
Northwest Environmental Def. Ctr. v. Gordon
849 F.2d 1241 (9th Cir. 1988) Cited 227 times
Holding that a challenge to several agency management measures governing the 1986 salmon fishing season was not mooted by the close of the season because "the relief for the alleged overfishing in 1986 can take the form of higher escapement provisions and lower quotas in" subsequent seasons
Mills v. Green
159 U.S. 651 (1895) Cited 996 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that it is the duty of each federal court to "decide actual controversies by a judgment which can be carried into effect, and not to give opinions upon moot questions or abstract propositions, or to declare principles or rules of law which cannot affect the matter in issue in the case before [it]"
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Bergland
576 F.2d 1377 (9th Cir. 1978) Cited 81 times
Holding that a challenge to a mining plan was moot where the action sought to be enjoined had been completed
Rule 4 - Summons
Fed. R. Civ. P. 4 Cited 72,180 times 128 Legal Analyses
Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time
Rule 60 - Relief from a Judgment or Order
Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 Cited 55,018 times 152 Legal Analyses
Granting relief from the operation of a judgment
Section 547 - Duties
28 U.S.C. § 547 Cited 436 times
Granting United States attorneys the power to prosecute
Section 517 - Interests of United States in pending suits
28 U.S.C. § 517 Cited 390 times 5 Legal Analyses
Noting that lawyers designated by the Attorney General shall "attend to the interests of the United States"
Section Amendment XII - Election of President
U.S. Const. amend. XII Cited 101 times
Directing that "the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the [Electors'] certificates and the votes shall then be counted"

Grinols et al v. Electoral College et al

15 Cited authorities

Holding mootness destroys subject-matter jurisdiction

Holding that an appeal concerning produced tape recordings was not moot because a court could "effectuate a partial remedy by ordering the [receiving party] to destroy" copies of the recordings

Holding that defendant's challenge to denial of pretrial release had become moot after he was convicted because he would have been entitled to pretrial release only if his convictions were reversed but had shown no more than a possibility of reversal

Holding that the "overwhelming weight of authority is that the failure to file documents in an original motion or opposition does not turn the late filed documents into 'newly discovered evidence'" for a motion for reconsideration

Holding that "a federal court has neither the power to render advisory opinions nor to decide questions that cannot affect the rights of litigants in the case before them"

Holding that a fraud on the court must be established by clear and convincing evidence

Holding that a challenge to several agency management measures governing the 1986 salmon fishing season was not mooted by the close of the season because "the relief for the alleged overfishing in 1986 can take the form of higher escapement provisions and lower quotas in" subsequent seasons

Holding that a challenge to a mining plan was moot where the action sought to be enjoined had been completed

Holding that if defendant is not served within 90 days after the complaint is filed, the court—on a motion, or on its own following notice to the plaintiff—must dismiss the action without prejudice against that defendant or order that service be made by a certain time

Granting relief from the operation of a judgment

Granting United States attorneys the power to prosecute

Noting that lawyers designated by the Attorney General shall "attend to the interests of the United States"

Directing that "the President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the [Electors'] certificates and the votes shall then be counted"