Opinion ID: 1296805
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 12

Heading: automatic stay

Text: The appellants contend that the PSC violated the stay provision in § 75-134(3). They argue that under § 75-134, the order of the PSC was held in abeyance while the appeal was pending. A case becomes moot when the issues initially presented in the litigation cease to exist, when the litigants lack a legally cognizable interest in the outcome of litigation, or when the litigants seek to determine a question which does not rest upon existing facts or rights, in which the issues presented are no longer alive. Eastroads v. Omaha Zoning Bd. of Appeals, 261 Neb. 969, 628 N.W.2d 677 (2001). This court has previously denied a motion for emergency relief filed by the appellants regarding this issue, and we now affirm the decision of the PSC. We determine that the issue is moot, and we do not address it.