context: Finally, the plaintiffs seek only declaratory relief in this action. The Supreme Court has explicitly recognized that when declaratory relief is sought, mootness should not preclude review of a statute that will be enforced in the future against the complainants.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: declaring the injunction moot, but ruling on the demand for declaratory judgment
citation_a.sentence: See also McCorkle, 416 U.S. 115, 94 S.Ct. 1694 (declaring the injunction moot, but ruling on the demand for declaratory judgment).
citation_b.signal: but see
citation_b.parenthetical: declaring injunctive relief justiciable and apparently abandoning distinction between injunctive and declaratory relief as to mootness
citation_b.sentence: But see Stotts, 104 S.Ct. 2578 (declaring injunctive relief justiciable and apparently abandoning distinction between injunctive and declaratory relief as to mootness). “There is a tendency in declaratory judgment cases to construe the mootness doctrine more narrowly.”