Moot Case

A case seeking to determine an "abstract question which does not rest upon existing facts or rights, or which seeks a judgment in [an alleged] controversy when in reality there is none; [a case] which seeks a decision in advance about a right before it has actually been asserted or contested, or a judgment upon some matter which when rendered for any cause cannot have any practical effect upon the existing controversy." 32 N.W. 2d 190, 192. See also advisory opinion. Compare declaratory judgment.