Argument analysis: Justices weigh mootness after change in government policy in cases seeking nominal damages
SCOTUSBlog
JANUARY 12, 2021
Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit upheld that decision, Uzuegbunam went to the Supreme Court, which agreed last summer to weigh in. Justice Neil Gorsuch suggested to Waggoner that most lawsuits would still be able to go forward even if a request for nominal damages, standing alone, was not enough to keep a case alive.
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