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DeFunis v. Odegaard, 416 U.S. 312 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the case had become moot and so declined to render a decision on the merits. [1]
It is not uncommon for summary judgments of the lower U.S. courts in complex cases to be overturned on appeal. A grant of summary judgment is reviewed de novo, [15] meaning, without deference to the views of the trial judge, both as to the determination that there is no remaining genuine issue of material fact and that the prevailing party was entitled to judgment as a matter of law.
These remaining two lawsuits were dismissed without comment by the Supreme Court on February 22, 2021. [103] On April 19, 2021, more than five months after the November 3, 2020, election, the Supreme Court declined to hear the outstanding case brought by former Republican congressional candidate Jim Bognet, dismissing it without comment. [104]
The case was dismissed ... The case was dismissed "without prejudice", meaning charges could be refiled when Trump leaves office. ... “This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the ...
(On the merits, Bond's claim was later rejected.) 9–0 Hollingsworth v. Perry: 2013: Held that proponents of a California ballot initiative against gay marriage did not have standing to defend the law in court after the governor and attorney general refused to do so; The decision had the effect of legalizing gay marriage in California: 5–4
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon dismissed Trump’s criminal indictment there before it ever got to trial. To much controversy, Cannon ruled that Smith was not properly appointed as special counsel.
However, since this case came to the Court through mandatory appellate review, [note 1] the summary dismissal is a decision on the merits of the case. [4] As binding precedent, Baker prevented lower courts from coming to a contrary conclusion when presented with the precise issue the Court adjudicated in dismissing the case. [26]
[43] The moving party, in addition to demonstrating that the plaintiff is vexatious, must show that the case has little chance of prevailing on the merits. If the plaintiff is so determined, a bond may be required, and if the plaintiff does not meet the bond requirement, the case is dismissed.