1.  rule:  must still be a justiciable case/controversy still
affecting the rts of the litigants
2.  DeFunis
a.  facts:  denied admission to law school; by time in SCt,
petitioner was in final semester
b.  held:  moot
3.  Paps a.m.
a.  facts:  Pap is ex-runner of Nude Bar (retired); challenges law
saying dancers must wear pasties
b.  held:  ct. says not moot b/c Pap could come out of retirement
4.  Tiverton v. Pastore
a.  facts:  P couldn’t get liquor license; by time to SCt, out of
bsns
b.  held:  moot
4.  exceptions:
a.  collateral consequences (ex. still have $ damages)
b.  class actions not moot per Sosna
c.  capable of repetition, yet evading review (Roe v. Wade)
i.  the challenged action was in its duration too short to be fully
litigated to its cessation or expiration and
ii.  a rzbl expectation that the same complaining parties will be
subject to the same action again
d.  voluntary cessation by defendant (may not be permanent).