Welch v. Zucco’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “The mover for summary judgment has the burden of affirmatively showing the absence of a genuine issue of material fact. Any doubt should be resolved against granting the motion. The party seeking a summary judgment must meet a strict standard by showing that it is quite clear as to what the truth is. Any real doubt as to the existence of material fact must be excluded. The papers supporting the mover’s position are to be closely scrutinized while the opposing papers are to be indulgently treated. When the court is presented with a choice of reasonable inferences to be drawn from subsidiary facts contained in affidavits and attached exhibits, reasonable inferences must be viewed in the light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 89 So. 3d 1248 - 8701 Oak Street, LLC v. Higginbotham

2. “[n]o one may be compelled to hold a thing in indivision with another unless the contrary has been provided by law or juridical act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 907 So. 2d 896 - McCurdy v. Bloom's Inc.