Citizens for a Better Pope County, a Local Option Ballot Question Committee; and James Knight

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal as moot because the ordinance underlying Citizens’ claims had been repealed, eliminating any practical legal effect from a ruling on its constitutionality or related procedural issues. The FOIA claim was also nonjusticiable because the county judge’s separate letter of support independently satisfied the constitutional casino-application requirement. The court further held that neither exception to mootness applied because any future similar ordinance was too speculative.