GRAND AMERICAN ENTERPRISES INC.
v.
CITY OF VALPARAISO
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The Florida District Court of Appeal dismissed Grand American Enterprises' appeal as moot after an intervening event made it impossible for the court to provide effective relief.
The appeal was dismissed as moot because a change in circumstances made it impossible for the court to grant any effectual relief to the appellant.
[1] An appeal is dismissed as moot when intervening events prior to appellate decision render the controversy non-existent and make it impossible for the court to grant effec…
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September 25, 2024 PER CURIAM.
DISMISSED as moot. See Montgomery v. Dep’t of Health & Rehab. Servs., 468 So. 2d 1014, 1016 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985) (“A case becomes moot, for purposes of appeal, where, by a change of circumstances prior to the appellate decision, an intervening event makes it impossible for the court to grant a party any effectual relief.”); see also Waters v. Dep’t of Corr., 306 So. 3d 1264, 1266 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020) (“A case is ‘moot’ when it presents no actual controversy or when the issues have ceased to exist.” (quoting Godwin v. State, 593 So. 2d 211, 212 (Fla. 1992))).
LEWIS, ROBERTS, and RAY, JJ., concur.
_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
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