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# The parties must not be seeking an [[advisory opinion]].
# There must be an [[actual controversy]] between the parties,<ref>''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/219/346/case.html Muskrat v. United States]'', {{ussc|219|346|1911}}</ref> meaning that the parties can notcannot agree to a lawsuit where all parties seek the same particular judgment from the court (known as a collusive suit or [[friendly suit]]); rather, the parties must each be seeking a different outcome.
# The question must be neither [[ripeness|unripe]] nor [[mootness|moot]].<ref>''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/367/497/case.html Poe v. Ullman]'', {{ussc|367|497|1961}}; ''[http://supreme.justia.com/us/416/312/case.html DeFunis v. Odegaard]'', {{ussc|416|312|1974}}</ref>
#*An unripe question is one for which there is not yet at least a threatened injury to the plaintiff, or where all available judicial alternatives have not been exhausted.