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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 support its case.
In law, a summary judgment, also referred to as judgment as a matter of law or summary disposition, [1] is a judgment entered by a court for one party and against another party summarily, i.e., without a full trial. Summary judgments may be issued on the merits of an entire case, or on discrete issues in that case.
In law, a summary order is a determination made by a court without issuing a legal opinion. This disposition is also known as a nonopinion, summary opinion, affirmance without opinion, unpublished order, disposition without opinion, or abbreviated disposition. It is not to be confused with summary judgment, which means a decision without trial.
Judgment on the pleadings is a motion made after pleading and before discovery; summary judgment happens after discovery and before trial; JMOL occurs during trial. [ 5 ] In United States federal courts , JMOL is a creation of Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure .
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The district court allowed the plaintiff to file for a summary motion due to the absence of defendant in the initial proceedings. The standard, as the Court noted, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure no. 56 for granting summary motion is that, "[t]he court shall grant summary judgment if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to ...
The Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) is the principal department of the Colorado state government [1] responsible for professional licensing and consumer protection. [ 2 ] As the consumer protection agency for the State of Colorado , DORA's nine Divisions and more than 40 boards, commissions, and advisory committees license and ...
The Gallagher Amendment was an amendment to the Colorado Constitution enacted in 1982 and repealed in 2020 concerning property tax.It set forth the guidelines in the Colorado Constitution for determining the actual value of property and the valuation for assessment of such property. [1]