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| Dismissed by court; not a real controversy |
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| Court rules: missing adversary parties--> feigned; no real conflict of interest between parties |
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| Feigned, (their motive was to get the federal law decided without the presence of US senate) |
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| NOT feinged; but should have been because it was planned incentive by parties) |
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| Courts do not give advisory opinions because their function is to determine controversies between litingents |
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| lawsuit that was once good but the passage of time makes it not matter |
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| Cole v. Chief of Police of Fall River |
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| Moot case; procedural problem (courts won't decide on merits); adverse parties but no actual conflict |
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| Anderson et al. v. Martin |
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Background: Law requiring race be stated on ballot
**Decision reversed-->Declaratory judgement; racist law decided unconstitutional and case not moot because of importance of issue |
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| American courts simply declare the law |
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| appeal declared moot because was decided after Dipunus' graduation from law school (injunction had been placed to let him go to school during trial) |
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| Judge orders something to happen without trial (Have to convince the court of urgency and that there will be more harm to you while waiting for trial) |
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| **FACT: For whatever reason, court has DISCRETION |
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Background: No authority to conscript him to serve in a war not declared by congress
**Political Question; eventually motion granted after appeal because Sisson is a "sincere concientious objector" and can't base a status on religion |
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1)Better for another branch to decide
2)Judges arent qualified to judge (way beyond scope of judgement) |
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| dismissed based on absence of adversary parties; Tileston did not have "standing to sue" |
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| Dismissed by court; no immediate threat and no actual prosecution |
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