Supreme Court of Connecticut
In re Emma F.
February 3, 2015
Summary
The court dismissed the newspaper’s appeal as moot because the trial court had vacated the challenged injunction prohibiting publication of a habeas corpus petition. It declined to review the constitutional prior-restraint issue under the capable-of-repetition-yet-evading-review exception because the injunction had no inherent expiration and expedited appellate review was available. The court also denied vacatur of the trial court’s earlier rulings because the newspaper showed no preclusive legal consequence and a trial court decision has no binding precedential effect.