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The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (officially abbreviated Fed. R. Civ. P.; colloquially FRCP) ... Rules 54 to 63. Rule 56 deals with summary judgment. It is ...
Rule 56(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Celotex Corp. v. Catrett , 477 U.S. 317 (1986), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court . Written by Associate Justice William Rehnquist , the decision of the Court held that a party moving for summary judgment need show only that the opposing party lacks evidence sufficient to ...
At the federal level, a summary-judgment motion in United States District Court is governed by Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Other pretrial motions, such as a "motion for judgment on the pleadings" or a "motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted", can be converted by the judge to summary ...
Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Liberty Lobby, Inc. , 477 U.S. 242 (1986), is a United States Supreme Court case articulating the standard for a trial court to grant summary judgment .
Rules 7.1 and 26-37 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, are often cited in combination with a specific local rule to form a basis for a civil discovery motion. Rule 16, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, is the basis for a criminal discovery motion. Rule 906(b)(7), Rules for Courts-Martial a variety of a "motion for appropriate relief ...
Rule 56(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 42 U.S.C. §1983 Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. , 398 U.S. 144 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case where the majority ruling, written by Justice Harlan , asserted that the burden of showing a lack of factual controversy rests upon the party asserting the summary judgment .
Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.
Sherman Antitrust Act, Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp. , 475 U.S. 574 (1986), was an antitrust case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States .