U.S. EX REL. FITZGERALD v. JORDAN

No. 84-1687.

747 F.2d 1118 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, ex rel. Taylor FITZGERALD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James JORDAN, Superintendent, Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, Phillip Hardiman, Director, Cook County Department of Corrections, and Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

October 17, 1984.


ORDER

This matter is before the Court on the motion of the respondents-appellees to dismiss the appeal as moot. Upon consideration thereof the Court being duly advised denies the motion.

The Court rests its decision on a well-recognized exception to the mootness doctrine, which, although productive of difficult issues, involves those questions which are capable of repetition yet evading review. See, e.g., Roe v. Wade, 410 U.S. 113<...

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