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Appeal struck out as moot after settlement

52.1995.317Other CourtJun 24, 1997Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Administrative Court of Ticino dealt with an appeal against a State Council decision suspending proceedings concerning a terrace permit. After the appellant's counsel informed the court that the parties had reached a judicial settlement on 30 October 1996 and that the dispute was therefore moot, the court struck the appeal from the docket. It ordered that no court fees or costs be collected and that no party compensation be granted.

Omnilex headnote

Mootness after judicial settlement; strike-out of appeal and costs: where the parties conclude a settlement that extinguishes the live controversy, the administrative proceedings become devoid of object and are to be removed from the roll. In such a situation, the court may order that no fees or costs be taken and that no party compensation be awarded (consid. implicit in the dispositive part).

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AIUTO RICERCA

Anteprima di stampa

Numero d'incarto: 52.1995.317

Data decisione, Autorità: 24.06.1997, TRAM

Incarto n. 52.95.00317

Lugano 24 giugno 1997

In nome della Repubblica e Cantone del Ticino

Il Tribunale cantonale amministrativo

composto dei giudici:

Lorenzo Anastasi, presidente, Raffaello Balerna, Stefano Bernasconi

segretario:

Leopoldo Crivelli

statuendo sul ricorso 24 maggio 1993 di

patrocinato da: avv. __________

contro

la decisione 12 maggio 1993, no. 3673, del Consiglio di Stato che sospende la procedura del ricorso 18 febbraio 1993 presentato dal signor __________, contro la decisione 9 febbraio 1993 del municipio di __________, con la quale è stata rilasciata al signor __________, l'autorizzazione per la formazione di una terrazza al mappale no. __________ RT di __________;

rilevato che con lettera 18 giugno 1997 il patrocinatore del ricorrente ha comunicato al Tribunale cantonale amministrativo:

  • che le parti hanno concluso un accordo giudiziale in data 30 ottobre 1996 risolvendo in tal modo ogni loro litigio;

  • che la presente procedura è divenuta priva di oggetto e che pertanto ne è chiesto lo stralcio del ricorso 24 maggio 1993 senza spese, compensate le ripetibili;

considerato pertanto che il procedimento è così esaurito;

decreta:

  1. Il ricorso è stralciato dai ruoli.

  2. Non si prelevano né tasse, né spese.

Non si assegnano ripetibili.

  1. Intimazione a:

Per il Tribunale cantonale amministrativo

Il presidente Il segretario

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Keywords

mootnesssettlementstrike-outadministrative appealcostsparty compensation

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Key legal questions extracted by Omnilex

Key legal question

Whether the appeal should be removed from the docket after the dispute became moot due to settlement.

Extracted holding

Yes. Because the parties concluded a judicial settlement resolving the dispute, the proceedings had become devoid of object and the appeal had to be struck from the roll.

Extracted reasoning

The letter from counsel stated that the parties had settled on 1996-10-30 and that no live controversy remained; the proceedings were therefore exhausted.

Key legal question

Whether court fees, costs, and party compensation should be ordered despite the settlement.

Extracted holding

No fees or costs were charged and no party compensation was awarded.

Extracted reasoning

Since the proceedings were terminated as moot following the settlement, the court ordered each side to bear its own costs.

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