A city enacted an ordinance that prohibited billboard advertising intended to influence public opinion. An advocacy group that regularly used billboard advertising filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the ordinance. One month later, the city repealed the ordinance. The federal court dismissed the lawsuit because the issue __________________.

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Had become moot. A claim cannot be asserted in federal court if the legal question does not have or no longer has any practical significance or has become hypothetical or academic. Because the ordinance had been repealed, the legal issue no longer had practical significance.

A City Enacted an Ordinance That Prohibited Billboard Advertising Intended