{"id":6349,"date":"2017-11-03T03:28:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6349"},"modified":"2017-11-03T03:28:59","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:28:59","slug":"motion-for-summary-judgment-request-that-the-court-enter-judgment-without-a-trial-because-the-evidence-is-legally-insufficient-to-support-a-verdict-in-the-opponents-favor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=6349","title":{"rendered":"Motion for Summary Judgment – request that the court enter judgment\u00a0without a trial because the evidence is legally insufficient to support a verdict in the opponent’s favor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Motion for Summary Judgment<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(1842) A request that the court enter judgment\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>without a trial because there is no genuine issue of material fact to be decided by a\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>factfinder \u2013 that is, because the evidence is legally insufficient to support a verdict in the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>nonmovant\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>(party who is\u00a0not<\/span> making the motion)<\/em>\u00a0favor.\u00a0 In federal court<\/a> & in most state courts<\/a>, the movant-defendant must\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>point out in its motion the absence of evidence on an essential element of the plaintiff\u2019s\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span>claim, after which the burden shifts to the nonmovant-plaintiff to produce evidence\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>raising a genuine fact issue.\u00a0 But if a party moves for summary judgment on its own\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>claim<\/a> or defense, then it must establish each element of the claim or defense as a matter\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>of law.\u00a0\u00a0Fed. R. Civ. P. 56<\/a>.<\/strong> \u2013 Abbr. MSJ. \u2013 Also termed summary-judgment motion<\/em>;<\/span>
\nmotion for summary disposition<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Summary Judgment<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(18c.) A judgment granted on a claim<\/a> or defense about which there is no\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>genuine issue of material fact and on which the movant is entitled to prevail as a\u00a0<\/span>matter of law. The court considers the contents of the pleadings<\/a>, the motions<\/a>, &\u00a0<\/span>additional evidence<\/a> adduced by the parties to determine whether there is a\u00a0<\/span>genuine issue of material fact rather than one of law.\u00a0 This procedural device\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>allows the speedy disposition of a controversy without the need for trial.<\/strong> Fed. R. Civ. P. 56<\/a><\/span>. \u2013 Also termed summary disposition<\/em>; judgment on the pleadings<\/em>.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Partial Summary Judgment<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/strong>(1924) A summary judgment that is limited to certain issues in a case & that\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>disposes of only a portion of the whole case.<\/strong> \u2013 Also termed summary\u00a0<\/em><\/span>adjudication<\/em>.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Judgment<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c2. A court\u2019s final determination of the rights & obligations of the parties in a<\/strong><\/span>
\ncase. The term judgment includes an equitable decree and any order from which<\/strong><\/span>
\nan appeal lies. Fed. R. Civ. P. 54<\/a>.<\/strong> Also spelled (esp. BrE) judgement. \u2013 Abbr. J.\u00a0<\/span>Also termed (historically) judgment ex cathedra<\/em>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Excerpt from Henry Campbell Black’s\u00a0A Treatise on the Law of Judgments<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(2d ed. 1902):<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAn action is instituted for the enforcement of a right or\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span>the redress of an injury. Hence a judgment, as the culmination\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>of the action declares the existence of the right, recognizes the\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>commission of the injury, or negatives the allegation of one or\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>the other. But as no right can exist without a correlative duty,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>nor any invasion of it without a corresponding obligation to\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>make amends, the judgment necessarily affirms, or else denies,\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>that such a duty or such a liability rests upon the person\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>against whom the aid of the law is invoked.<\/span>\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[1]:\u00a0All definitions from:\u00a0Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0<\/i>by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

[2]:\u00a01 Henry Campbell Black, A Treatise on the Law of Judgments<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>
\n\u00a7 1, at 2 (2d ed. 1902)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Motion for Summary Judgment: \u201c(1842) A request that the court enter judgment\u00a0without a trial because there is no genuine issue of material fact to be decided by a\u00a0factfinder \u2013 that is, because the evidence is legally insufficient to support a verdict in the\u00a0nonmovant\u2019s\u00a0(party who is\u00a0not making the motion)\u00a0favor.\u00a0 In federal court & in most state … Continue reading Motion for Summary Judgment – request that the court enter judgment\u00a0without a trial because the evidence is legally insufficient to support a verdict in the opponent’s favor<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":6220,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6349","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6355,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6349\/revisions\/6355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}