Lake Coal Company, Inc v. Roberts Schaefer Co, 84-1240
| Decision Date | 03 December 1985 |
| Docket Number | No. 84-1240,84-1240 |
| Citation | 106 S.Ct. 553,474 U.S. 120,88 L.Ed.2d 418 |
| Parties | LAKE COAL COMPANY, INC. v. ROBERTS & SCHAEFER CO |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
The motion of the parties requesting the Court to decide the questions presented in the petition for writ of certiorari despite complete settlement of the underlying causes of action is denied. See DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312, 94 S.Ct. 1704, 40 L.Ed.2d 164 (1974).
The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is vacated, and the case is remanded to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky with instructions to dismiss the cause as moot.
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Consequences of Mootness on Appeal. The factors the courts consider relevant in determining when the order dismissing an appeal should also vacate the previous judgment.
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