Questão jurídica principal
Whether the public-law appeal against the alleged unjustified delay had become moot after the Administrative Court issued its judgment.
Decisão extraída
Yes. Because the Administrative Court rendered its decision on 15 April 2002, the appeal seeking to compel that very decision had lost its object and the case had to be struck from the docket.
Fundamentação extraída
The contested lower-court ruling eliminated the only live interest supporting the appeal; therefore the Federal Court merely noted that the proceedings were terminated as moot.