In the case of Stanford v. Northmont City Schools, 2021-Ohio-872, the Second Appellate District Court held that an appeal for a suspension that has already been served may be rendered moot in the absence of an exception to the mootness doctrine.
The Stanford family argued that the trial court erred in using its authority to deem the appeal of their son’s suspension moot.
However, the District Court upheld the judgment of the trial court finding the appeal to be moot. The Court reasoned that in this case the suspension was not an issue likely to repeat itself in the future, based on the transfer of the son out of the school system, and suspensions of students are not a matter of public or great general interest.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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