Legal Opinion
John C. Donahue v. Windsor Locks Board of Fire Commissioners, John R. Colli, Jr., Russell C. Gabrielson, and John R. Colli, III
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 25, 1987No. 90, Docket 87-7345PublishedCited by 740 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
The fundamental obligation of the federal courts is to adjudicate disputes. Not all controversies present triable issues, however, and the courts have a responsibility to vigilantly weed out those cases that do not merit further judicial attention. The procedural tool of summary judgment enables courts to terminate meritless claims, but this potent instrument must be used with the precision of a scalpel. The courts must take care not to abort a genuine factual dispute prematurely and thus deprive a litigant of his day in court.
In the instant controversy, the…
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