Fitts v. Arms’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
July 2010
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Cowden v. Sovran Bank/Central South · Bowman v. Henard · Church v. Perales · White v. Methodist Hospital South
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“Summary judgment is properly entered in favor of a party when there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Because summary judgment involves only questions of law and not factual disputes, no presumption of correctness attaches to the lower court’s decision. Therefore, on appeal, we review the grant of summary judgment de novo to determine whether the precepts of Rule 56 have been satisfied.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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