Update: A New Era for Summary Judgment Practice in Texas Courts

Among the critical changes, the amended rule revises the timing and sequence of briefing to a 21- and 7-day response/reply ...
JD Supra

Motion for Summary Judgment Denied as Plaintiff Failed to Establish De Facto Merger Doctrine

This action arises out of plaintiff Hydraulic IP Holdings LLC’s attempt to enforce a judgment entered against non-party Grace Apparel LLC. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that the operation of Grace ...

Covenant Clearinghouse, LLC Announces Summary Judgment Victory Preserving Recorded Declaration of Covenant

Covenant Clearinghouse, LLC announced today that a New Mexico District Court rejected an opposing party's motion for summary judgment seeking to invalidate a Declaration of Covenant imposing a capital ...

Trial by jury: why summary judgment is less likely in trade secret misappropriation cases

R. Mark Halligan of FisherBroyles LLP discusses an Oregon federal court opinion denying summary judgment in a trade secret ...
JD Supra

Motion for Summary Judgment Denied as Defendant Failed to Prove Lack of Causation

Plaintiff John P. Reeves alleges asbestos exposure from, among other things, the asbestos-containing caulk of defendant DAP Inc. while serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Forrestal from 1961 to ...
Reason

Public Has Right to Access Summary Judgment Filings Even When Summary Judgment Motion Was Never Decided

From U.S. ex rel. Oberg & Camoin v. Nelnet, Inc., decided yesterday by the Fourth Circuit, in an opinion by Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Judge Barbara Milano Keenan and District Judge Elizabeth ...

Both sides in lawsuit over Arkansas law requiring Ten Commandments in schools seek summary judgment

Both sides in a federal lawsuit over the display of the Ten Commandments in Arkansas public schools have filed motions for ...
New Hampshire Union Leader

Summary judgment sought in lawsuit against Kearsarge board over free speech rights

Attorneys for a Nashua woman have filed a motion for summary judgment in her federal lawsuit against the Kearsarge Regional School District. Beth Scaer claims her First Amendment rights were violated ...
Reporter-Herald

Loveland, McWhinney file competing responses to summary judgment motions

The positions remain largely unchanged as McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc. and the city of Loveland exchanged responses to the opposing party’s motions for summary judgment in the case involving ...

Pa. School District to Face ADA Claims for Student Injured on Bus, Judge Says

U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Saporito, Jr. denied cross motions for summary judgment filed by the East Stroudsburg Area ...
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23XI, FRM vs. NASCAR lawsuit: Motion for summary judgment filed for Curtis Polk counterclaim

Tonight, 23XI Racing, Front Row, and Curtis Polk have filed a motion for summary judgment in the NASCAR lawsuit. There is a counterclaim against the teams and Polk from NASCAR alleging that they are ...