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...

(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...

Overbroad motions for summary judgment are sometimes designed to make the opponent rehearse their case before trial. Most summary judgment motions must be filed...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

suited for determination at [the summary judgment] stage." The court mentioned that for the purposes of summary judgment, only the extrinsic test was important...

expired statute of limitations. In September 2023, Engoron issued a summary judgment that Trump and his company had committed fraud for years. The judge...

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...

of judgment" is a written summary of a judgment which states how much money the losing defendant owes to the person who won the lawsuit (judgment creditor)...

unrelated reasons, according to his lawyer. When the defendants moved for summary judgment, Judge Steven L. Perk dismissed the case against the Department of...

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...

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...

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...

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"...

identification questions can make exhibits admissible for hearings and summary judgment motions. Sometimes, after a number of witnesses have been deposed,...

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]...

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...

is "substantially true". In September 2023, Kaplan issued a partial summary judgment regarding Carroll I, finding Trump liable for defamation via his 2019...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

IBM case. May 2004 IBM files a motion for partial summary judgment on a claim for declaratory judgment of non-infringement. This would confirm that IBM...

burden of proof and failed to prove their claim, the court upheld summary judgment in favor of Skylink. This case involves two competitors that produce...

Supreme Court of the United States. It raised the standard for surviving summary judgment to unambiguous evidence that tends to exclude an innocent interpretation...

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...

6, 2025. The hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction and summary judgment occurred on May 13, 2025. In Webber v. Trump, two members of the Blackfeet...

liability. On June 23, 2010, U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton granted summary judgment in favor of YouTube. The court held that YouTube is protected by the...