New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. City of New York

holding that a request for declaratory and injunctive relief was mooted by amendment of the statute | holding that case became moot where 7 USCA4 Appeal: 21-1079 Doc: 41 Filed: 06/02/2022 Pg: 8 of 13 statutory amendments had provided the relief sought | holding that claims seeking “declaratory and 18 MARTINEZ V. NEWSOM injunctive relief against enforcement” of New York City rule were moot after the rule had been amended | holding that the case became moot once the challenged statute changed during the appeal process, and declining to rule on the propriety of the updated statue or consider alternative forms of relief not requested in the complaint | holding that case became moot when statutory amendments provided the relief sought | holding that case became moot when statutory amendments provided the relief sought | holding that case became moot when statutory amendments provided the relief sought | holding that the case became moot once the challenged statute changed during the appeal process, and declining to rule on the propriety of the updated statue or consider alternative forms of relief not requested in the complaint | holding that the case became moot once the challenged statute changed during the appeal process, and declining to rule on the propriety of the updated statue or consider alternative forms of relief not requested in the complaint | finding mootness where petitioners received “the precise relief [they] requested in the prayer for relief in their complaint” | finding mootness where petitioners received “the precise relief [they] requested in the prayer for relief in their complaint” | finding claims for injunctive and declaratory relief in Second Amendment case moot, but remanding for lower courts to “consider whether petitioners may still add a claim for damages” | deeming claims moot where, during the Supreme Court’s review, the State of New York amended the challenged statute in a way that provided the challengers with the equitable relief they requested in their complaint | declining to allow plaintiffs to avoid mootness by adding a damages claim | vacating judgment as moot 6 where New York City amended its laws to grant “the precise relief that petitioners requested in 7 the prayer for relief in their complaint” notwithstanding requests for declaratory and injunctive 8 relief from future constitutional violations | case moot after state legislature amended statute challenged by plaintiffs amounting to precise relief plaintiffs sought in their complaint | after licensing statute amended, Court vacated appealed decision, remanded, and “[did] not decide [the plaintiffs’] dispute about the new rule” | courts should not “countenance[]” “manipulat[ion]” of mootness doctrine by government officials to avoid judicial review | a 4 claim for relief is moot when a change in law grants the “precise relief that petitioners requested 5 in the prayer for relief in their complaint” | September 12, 2022; M.A.A. was required to pay $50,000 for release, even though she is an indigent mother of three who had never been arrested before; no findings of ability to pay or necessity of detention | New York State’s amendment to its firearm licensing statute rendered case moot | “After 1 we granted certiorari, the State of New York amended its firearm licensing statute, and 2 the City amended the rule . . . . Petitioners’ claim for declaratory and injunctive relief 3 with respect to the City’s old rule is therefore moot.” | “After 8 we granted certiorari, the State of New York amended its firearm licensing statute, and 9 the City amended the rule . . . . Petitioners’ claim for declaratory and injunctive relief 10 with respect to the City’s old rule is therefore moot.” | “After 1 we granted certiorari, the State of New York amended its firearm licensing statute, and 2 the City amended the rule . . . . Petitioners’ claim for declaratory and injunctive relief 3 with respect to the City’s old rule is therefore moot.” | “We are aware t