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Summary Judgment of Noninfringement Granted
Ring Plus v. Cingular Wireless LLC, et al, 5:08cv42 (Document #280) (June 4, 2008) Judge: David Folsom Holding: Summary Judgment of Noninfringement GRANTED This is a patent case involving telecommunications...

Summary Judgment Rulings in "Petty Squabbles" Case
Candela v. Palomar Medical Technologies, Inc., 9:06cv277 (E.D. Tex. 2008)Judge: Ron ClarkHolding: Motions for Summary Judgment DENIED (mostly)Judge Clark's trial management order I posted on separately was accompanied by rulings on three pending summary judgment motions...

Summary Judgment in District Court in Connecticut: An Update
In yesterday morning's post, I indicated that people should be wary of drawing generalities from some recent decisions granting summary judgment for employers.  Indeed, I went out of my way to note that each judge has their particular way of handling employment discrimination cases...

Stuff I think I know about summary judgment
I know this:"Corroboration is not required to defeat summary judgment. See, e.g., S.E.C. v. Phan, 500 F.3d 895, 909-10 (9th Cir. 2007) (district court erred on summary judgment by disregarding evidence that was ?uncorroborated and self-serving?); Shekoyan v...

New Emprical Study on Summary Judgment
An article entitled "Summary Judgment Cases Over Time, Across Case Categories, and Across Districts: An Empirical Study of Three Large Federal Districts," by Theodore Eisenberg & Charlotte Lanvers, just posted on SSRN (available here) reaches some interesting conclusions about summary...

COA Warns Trial Judges: Don't Make Factual Findings For Summary Judgment
Today in Craddock v. Craddock the Court of Appeals (COA) reversed a summary judgment order which contained 32 findings of fact, some of which addressed issues on which evidence was conflicting...

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