Ripeness
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Ripeness : when the dispute has not yet matured. Ripeness prevents a federal court from deciding a dispute whose legal effects depend on uncertain future events. A court asks whether the issues are sufficiently developed for judicial decision and whether delaying review would impose a concrete hardship. The doctrine protects […]
Mootness
CLEP American Government, Chapter 16 Mootness : when the live dispute disappears. A case becomes moot when later events eliminate the parties' concrete stake and a court can no longer provide effective relief. If a challenged penalty is withdrawn, fully refunded, and cannot reasonably recur, there may be nothing left for a judgment to change. […]
