- moot
- A subject for argument; unsettled; undecided. A moot point is one not settled by judicial decisions@ moot caseA case is "moot" when a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing controversy. Leonhart v. McCormick, D.C.Pa., 395 F.Supp. 1073, 1076.Question is "moot" when it presents no actual controversy or where the issues have ceased to exist. Matter of Lawson's Estate, 41 Ill.App.3d 37, 353 N.E.2d 345, 347.Generally, an action is considered "moot" when it no longer presents a justiciable controversy because issues involved have become academic or dead. Sigma Chi Fraternity v. Regents of University of Colo., D.C.Colo., 258 F.Supp. 515, 523.Case in which the matter in dispute has already been resolved and hence, one not entitled to judicial intervention unless the issue is a recurring one and likely to be raised again between the parties. Super Tire Engineering Co. v. McCorkle, 416 U.S. 115, 94 S.Ct. 1694, 40 L.Ed.2d 1.A case becomes "moot" when the issues presented are no longer "live" or the parties lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome. Murphy v. Hunt, U.S.Neb., 455 U.S. 478, 102 S.Ct. 1181, 1182, 71 L.Ed.2d 353@ moot courtA court held (normally in law schools) for the arguing of moot or hypothetical cases@
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
