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Ripeness
Practical Law Glossary Item 1-513-6234
(Approx. 2 pages)
Glossary
Ripeness
The requirement under
Article III of the US Constitution
that a claim for relief be an actual controversy meriting judicial intervention. The purpose of the ripeness requirement is to bring before the courts only cases that involve actual or imminent injury (
Summers v. Earth Island Inst
., 555 U.S. 488, 492 (2009)
). Cases that raise only hypothetical or abstract questions are not considered ripe for judicial review (
Nike, Inc. v. Already, LLC
, 663 F. 3d 89, 94 (2d Cir. 2011)
).
For a case to be ripe for judicial review, the controversy must:
Be definite and concrete.
Implicate the legal relations of the opposing parties.
Result in a grant of specific relief through a decree of a conclusive character, such as an order or judgment.
(
Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford v. Haworth
, 300 U.S. 227, 240-241 (1937)
.)