63 Cal. 2d 147 - Towne Development Co. v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

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36 state decisions

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1. “A summary judgment is proper only if (1) the affidavits in support of the moving party are sufficient, strictly construed, to sustain a judgment in his favor and (2) the affidavits filed by the opponent, liberally construed, do not show facts deemed by the judge hearing the motion sufficient to present a triable issue. (Code Civ. Proc., 437c; Stationers Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., 62 Cal.2d 412, 417-418 [1-7] [ 42 Cal.Rptr. 449 , 398 P.2d 785 ].)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 Cal. App. 2d 976 - Estate of Niquette

2. “As pointed out in Stationers Corp. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., supra, 62 Cal.2d 412, 417 [3], 'The aim of the procedure is to discover, through the media of affidavits, whether the parties possess evidence requiring the weighing procedures of a trial.'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 264 Cal. App. 2d 976 - Estate of Niquette