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Summary Judgment
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New York Attorney Malpractice Blog
The Outcome Was Correct; The Process Was Flawed
When you tease out the underlying process of the summary judgment motion practice in Burbige v Siben & Ferber 2017 NY Slip Op 05704 Decided on July 19, 2017 Appellate…
Appellate and Supreme Court
Revive Your Dead Motions and Defend a Favorable Judgment With a Proper Appeal
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Drug & Device Law
A One-Two-Three Inning
By Bexis
With the Phillies stinking the joint out – off to their worst start since World War II – and both of Boranian’s local teams in last place, too (not as…
The Appellate Law Blog
Absent citations to the summary judgment record dooms another appeal in Missouri's Southern District Court of Appeals
Absent citations to the summary judgment record dooms another appeal in Missouri's Southern District Court of Appeals The confluence of Rule 84.04 and Rule 74.04 strikes another litigant down in…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“What Happened to the American Jury? Proposals for Revamping Plea Bargaining and Summary Judgment”
Main May 30, 2017"What Happened to the American Jury? Proposals for Revamping Plea Bargaining and Summary Judgment"The title of this post is the title of this short paper by Suja…
PrawfsBlawg
Genuine dispute as to any basic fact
Main Monday, May 01, 2017Genuine dispute as to any basic factIn response to my posts on the cert denial in Salazar-Limon, a civil procedure colleague blames Celotex, calling this decision…
Delaware Bankruptcy Update
Sometimes it Takes 2.5 Years to Reach Summary Judgment
On September 3, 2014, Brent Williams, the Plan Trustee ("Trustee") for Touch America Holdings, Inc., filed a complaint initiating an adversary proceeding against, among others, AT&T Corp. (AT&T"). In a…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Platt on Administrative Summary Judgment
Alex Platt has posted on SSRN a draft of his article, Unstacking the Deck: Administrative Summary Judgment and Political Control, which will be published in the Yale Journal of Law…
PrawfsBlawg
More on summary judgment and qualified immunity
Main Thursday, April 27, 2017More on summary judgment and qualified immunityFollowing on my post on Monday's cert denial in Salazar-Limon: Justice Sotomayor questioned that denial in light of the Court's…
PrawfsBlawg
Salazar-Limon and the expansion of summary judgment
Main Tuesday, April 25, 2017Salazar-Limon and the expansion of summary judgmentOn Monday, SCOTUS denied cert in Salazar-Limon v. City of Houston, a § 1983 action arising from an officer-involved shooting…