{"id":"PA-104","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania (federal court of appeals, Third Circuit)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (precedential)","authority":"28 U.S.C. § 1291; mootness doctrine; United States v. Munsingwear","instrument":"Opinion, County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania, No. 20-2936 (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2021) (vacating the district court\u0027s judgment as moot)","title":"County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania - Precedential Opinion","dateIssued":"2021-08-11","effective":"2021-08-11","end":"n/a","startDate":"2021-08-11","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["context"],"clause":"[The Governor issued a series] of directives: stay-at-home orders, business closure orders, [and congregate-gathering limits]... The issue before us is whether those events moot this case. We hold that they do.... parties agree that the Governor\u0027s orders are no longer in effect... Thus, the case is moot.... the claims became moot for reasons outside the [parties\u0027 control]... challenges to the Governor\u0027s orders became moot as a result of [the constitutional amendments and the termination of the disaster emergency; the challenged orders] expired by their [own terms].","enforcement":"n/a (judicial decision; vacatur under Munsingwear)","functions":["context: a federal appellate court\u0027s recital that the Commonwealth\u0027s stay-at-home, closure and gathering orders were binding directives that expired in 2021"],"notes":"Confirms from the bench that the orders bound the plaintiffs\u0027 businesses until they expired; the Third Circuit had stayed the district court\u0027s judgment on Oct. 1, 2020 (PA-120), so the orders remained enforceable throughout.","sourceUrl":"https://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/202936p.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":297047,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"PA","url":"/library/PA-104","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/PA-104","citation":"United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (precedential), Opinion, County of Butler v. Governor of Pennsylvania, No. 20-2936 (3d Cir. Aug. 11, 2021) (vacating the district court\u0027s judgment as moot) (Ex. PA-104)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["PA-090","DUT-PA-020"]}