• In law, a summary judgment, also referred to as judgment as a matter of law or summary disposition, is a judgment entered by a court for one party and...
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    but continued doing so to retain viewers for financial reasons. In a summary judgment on March 31, 2023, Delaware Superior Court judge Eric M. Davis ruled...
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  • (Curia advisari vult, "the court wishes to be advised"). Summary judgment: an accelerated judgment that does not require a trial and in which the court's...
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  • Overbroad motions for summary judgment are sometimes designed to make the opponent rehearse their case before trial. Most summary judgment motions must be filed...
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  • successful summary judgment motion persuades the court there is no "genuine issue of material fact" and also that the moving party is "entitled to judgment as...
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  • immediately killed without benefit of a full and fair trial. Summary judgment A judgment in a summary proceeding, as one rendered pursuant to statute against...
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  • suited for determination at [the summary judgment] stage." The court mentioned that for the purposes of summary judgment, only the extrinsic test was important...
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  • JMOL is similar to judgment on the pleadings and summary judgment, all of which test the factual sufficiency of a claim. Judgment on the pleadings is...
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    expired statute of limitations. In September 2023, Engoron issued a summary judgment that Trump and his company had committed fraud for years. The judge...
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    case requested summary judgment for the case, each favoring their respective sides, which Judge John G. Koeltl approved of a summary judgment hearing to take...
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    declaratory judgment as to whether "Happy Birthday to You" was in the public domain. The court was expected to rule on the motion for summary judgment as to...
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  • (1973), the Supreme Court held that, in order to survive a motion for summary judgment, a plaintiff alleging discrimination under Title VII must make a prima...
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  • unrelated reasons, according to his lawyer. When the defendants moved for summary judgment, Judge Steven L. Perk dismissed the case against the Department of...
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    is "substantially true". In September 2023, Kaplan issued a partial summary judgment regarding Carroll I, finding Trump liable for defamation via his 2019...
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  • identification questions can make exhibits admissible for hearings and summary judgment motions. Sometimes, after a number of witnesses have been deposed,...
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    argued this hurt their ability to license the video. YouTube requested summary judgment based on DMCA safe harbor, which was denied. LANS voluntarily dismissed...
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    demurrer to have Rebel's over $5 million lawsuit dismissed through summary judgment (a verdict rendered early so that a case doesn't have to go to trial)...
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  • poster if the plaintiff's case would be able to withstand a motion for summary judgment. This means that the plaintiff must "make a sufficient showing on [every]...
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    2016, the JIC filed a cross-motion for summary judgment, asking the Court of the Judiciary to issue summary judgment removing Moore from the bench. Attorneys...
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  • lawsuit are those for summary judgment. Many U.S. state jurisdictions also provide for a "partial summary judgment" or motion for "summary adjudication of issues"...
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  • ruled on Trump's motion for summary judgment. In a 44-page opinion, the court denied Trump's motion for summary judgment on most of the claims, finding...
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  • This can be by way of a demurrer, motion to dismiss, or motion for summary judgment. The elements allow a defendant to test a plaintiff's accusations before...
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  • lawsuit. It is normally used only when the plaintiff intends to move for summary judgment in their favor at the earliest opportunity and needs to preemptively...
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  • Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. (category United States summary judgment case law)
    case articulating the standard for a trial court to grant summary judgment. Summary judgment will lie when, taking all factual inferences in the non-movant's...
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  • 10, 2007, a federal district court judge in SCO v. Novell ruled on summary judgment that Novell, not the SCO Group, was the rightful owner of the copyrights...
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  • District Court of the Southern District of New York ruled on a motion for summary judgment that Skowron must forfeit $31 million—100% of the compensation he earned...
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  • linking, and fair use. In the lower District Court case on a motion for summary judgment, Arriba Soft's use of thumbnail pictures and inline linking from Kelly's...
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    legality of Google's AdWords program. The Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for Google that had held Google AdWords was not a violation of trademark...
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    for Summary Judgment and Permanent Injunction is DENIED with respect to Plaintiffs copyright infringement claim, and Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment...
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  • Rowling and Scholastic, her publisher, sued for declaratory judgment and won on a summary judgment motion, based on a lack of likelihood of confusion. Blood...
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