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The states on Tuesday said the addition of Alex Fairly, who owns a medical billing negotiation firm and lives in Amarillo, moots the motion to transfer the case.

From Reuters • Mar. 1, 2023

“The president’s pardon, which General Flynn has accepted, moots this case,” the Justice Department filing said.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2020

Five of those suspects are in the county jail pending trials — four of them held without bond on serious charges that preclude release, which Elrich noted moots the urgency in the detainer debate.

From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2019

“New legislation or regulations giving plaintiffs all they seek moots the case,” wrote Zachary W. Carter, corporation counsel for New York City.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2019

This convening of moots, or Mycel-gemot, became the Magnum Concilium of the Normans, and in the thirteenth century developed into the High Courts and Parliament.

From Cathedral Cities of England by Gilbert, George