law-appeal-becomes-moot | appeal mooted by trial court action or other occurrence | appeal mooted by
settlement agreement reached by the parties to the appeal |
mootness doctrine | live controversy |
justiciable controversy requirement | live dispute between the parties | no jurisdiction to resolve abstract
questions of law, hypothetical questions |

Stelly v. Citibank (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] May 15, 2008)(Hedges) (credit card debt suit, appeal
mooted by
trial courts' grant of motion for new trial MNT)
DISMISSED: Opinion by
Chief Justice Hedges  
14-07-00601-CV Diane T. Stelly v. Citibank (South Dakota) N.A.
Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 4 of Harris County
Trial Court Judge:
Roberta Anne Lloyd  

Thompson v. Peak (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 26, 2008)(Fowler)
(
homestead, liens, sanctions appeal mooted by compliance with sanctions order)
DISMISSED AS MOOT: Opinion by
Justice Fowler  
Before Justices Fowler, Frost and Seymore
14-07-00333-CV   Jack W. Thompson v. David Ricardo and Kara K. Peak Appeal from 164th District Court
of Harris County
Trial court judge:
Hon. Martha Hill Jamison
Dissenting Opinion by Justice Frost