Justices Debate Mootness In ADA Website Tester Suit That Is ‘Dead, Dead, Dead’

(October 5, 2023, 8:16 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In Oct. 4 oral arguments in an Americans with Disabilities (ADA) lawsuit over a hotel’s website, U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned why the case, which Justice Elena Kagan described as “dead, dead, dead in all the ways that something can be dead,” should not be declared moot in light of the plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of discrimination claims....