Legal Opinion
Hanback v. District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided December 17, 1943No. 134PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOOD, Associate Judge.
Appellant was convicted of operating a rooming house without having first obtained a license. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or serve twenty-five days. He immediately paid the fine and three days later filed with this court an application for appeal. The application was opposed by the District on the ground, among others, that payment of the fine had made the case moot. We granted the application in order to decide this question of general importance.
It has long been settled in this jurisdiction and in the federal courts that an appellate court will not review a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- United States v. St. PierreCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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