Bud Anderson Heating & Cooling, Inc. v. Mike Neil & Absolute Hvac, LLC

I am not particularly fond of the doctrine of mootness; however, the Arkansas Supreme Court has historically adopted and employed mootness since at least 1860 and continues to do so. The underlying principle of mootness is that appellate courts do not give advisory opinions. It has been said many times that a case becomes moot when any judgment rendered would have no practical legal effect upon a then existing legal controversy. State v. First Serv. Bank of Greenbrier , 2013 Ark. 101, 2013 WL 842241. While the 1860 supreme court in State v. Jones , 22 Ark. 331, 1860 WL 834 (1860), did not use…