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Paralegal

Category - Legal System

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An environmental group filed suit against a chemical company in federal court. The suit sought an injunction to force the company to stop polluting a river based on the environmental group’s ownership of land along the river. The company voluntarily stopped polluting before the injunction was issued. The court then dismissed the case because the case was no longer __________________.
  1. Ripe.
  2. Moot.
  3. Standing.
  4. Adjudicated.
Explanation
Answer: A - Ripe. A case is ripe if it involves an actual and presently ongoing dispute between interested parties. Here, the case was not ripe because the controversy was eliminated when the company stopped polluting. (The case did not become moot because the company had been polluting and could again pollute the river.)
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