Good Hope Health System, LLC v. N.C. Department of Health & Human Services

I. Mootness

The majority’s opinion cites In re Denial of Request by Humana Hospital Corp. and applies the mootness doctrine to GHHS’s appeal. 78 N.C. App. 637, 640, 338 S.E.2d 139, 141 (1986). In Humana, this *303Court stated, “[t]he doctrine of mootness is applicable to an appellate proceeding where the original question in controversy is no longer at issue.” 78 N.C. App. at 640, 338 S.E.2d at 141.

A case is considered moot when “a determination is sought on a matter which, when rendered, cannot have any practical effect on the existing controversy.” Roberts v. Madison Cty. Realtors Ass’n, 344…