ripe for determination
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From 344 U.S. 237 - Public Serv. Comm'n of Utah v. Wycoff Co. · 1952Most cited · 2,921 citing opinions
Such differences of opinion or conflicts of interest must be 'ripe for determination' as controversies over legal rights. The disagreement must not be nebulous or contingent but must have taken on fixed and final shape so that a court can see what legal issues it is deciding, what effect its decision will have on the adversaries, and some useful purpose to be achieved in deciding them.