Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department; Director Scott Bennett; Arkansas State Highway Commission…

Summary

The court dismissed the interlocutory appeal as moot because the state janitorial-services contract challenged by O.J.'s had expired and been fully performed, leaving no effective mandamus relief available. The court also held that neither the capable-of-repetition exception nor the substantial-public-interest exception to mootness applied because the dispute depended on unique facts and there was no basis to predict a recurring controversy.