188 F. Supp. 2d 416 - Clark v. Meyer’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
July 2018
most recently cited
1 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Erie Co v. Tompkins · Hanna v. Plumer · Nebraska v. Wyoming · Goenaga v. March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
Most-quoted passages
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“In moving for summary judgment against a party who will bear the ultimate burden of proof at trial, the movant’s burden will be satisfied if he can point to an absence of evidence to support an essential element of the nonmov-ing party's claim.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The testimony, if it involves a personal transaction or communication with the deceased, must be confined strictly to the same transaction or communication to which the executor or administrator has already testified in his own behalf.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Federal rule 56(e) requires exclusion of evidence on summary judgment motions which the dead man's statute would exclude at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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