Dean v. Williams

TOM Glaze, Juscase because

Initially we had jurisdiction of this case because petitioners requested we issue a writ of prohibition to prevent the circuit court from exercising jurisdiction to hold a show-cause hearing as to whether petitioners should be found in contempt. See Sup. Ct. R. 1-2 (a) (3). Óur clerk accepted this petition and assigned it a case number of 99-1353. Before that petition and accompanying motion for stay could be addressed, the trial court held its hearing and the petition became moot. Because the petitioners filed a timely notice of appeal from the trial court’s…