Garrison v. Cook’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The summary judgment procedure, at least from the defendant's viewpoint, would become a virtual nullity if a plaintiff can 'exit stage left' upon hearing an adverse oral decision ... on the summary judgment motion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wong v. Smith