Marque Plumbing, Inc. v. Barris

Although I concur in the majority’s resolution of the case dismissing the appeal as moot, I believe that an elaboration on mootness is in order since my reasons for dismissing the appeal as moot are different from the other members of the panel. It is well established that if pending an appeal, an event occurs which renders it impossible to grant any relief or which makes a decision unnecessary, the appeal will be dismissed. In re Township of Glendale, Scott County, 288 Minn. 340, 343, 180 N.W.2d 925, 927 (1970); Barnes v. Macken, 252 Minn. 412, 415, 90 N.W.2d 222, 226 (1958). Further,…