Legal Opinion
In Re Hatley
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 31, 1977No. 142PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BRANCH, Justice.
We initially consider the State’s contention that this appeal is moot in light of the fact that the 90-day commitment order under which respondent was institutionalized has expired.
When events occur during the pendency of an appeal which cause the underlying controversy to cease to exist, this Court properly refuses to entertain the cause merely to adjudicate abstract propositions of law. Parent-Teacher Assoc. v. Bd. of Education, 275 N.C. 675, 170 S.E. 2d 473. However, even when the terms of the judgment below have been fully carried out, if collateral legal consequences of…
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