Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: settlement vacated notwithstanding court's prior recognition that defendant was frequently subject similar clains. See 976 F.2d at 1539. Izumi's Attempt to Distinguish Munsing twear Unavailing and Its Reliance Karcher Misplaced. In support of its ruling, the Federal Circuit cited, inter alia United States Munsingwear, Inc. 340 U.S. (1950) which stated that when an action becomes moot pending appeat the appellate court has duty reverse vacate the judgment below and remand with direction to dismiss id 10 Izumi attempts to limit the rule of Munsingwear to those circunstances where mootness occurs by factors beyond the parties' control rather than when mootness occurs bt the affirmative act of settlenent For numerous reasons, Izumi's reading of Munsingwear demonstrably wrong First, the facts M ...