Review Questions Cook v. Colgate University 2. Describe the facts of the case. 3. What was the cause of action? 4. What was the court's disposition of the case? 5. What had been the trial court's decision and remedy? 6. Explain the mootness doctrine. How did that doctrine apply in this case? 7. There is an exception to the mootness doctrine called "capable of repetition, yet evading review." In the absence of a class action, when is this action available? 8. Under what procedures could the lawsuit have continued beyond the plaintiffs' graduation from Colgate? 9. When may a student's claim not be rendered moot by graduation? Why did that not happen in this case