Legal Opinion
Little v. Liquid Air Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1992No. 90-1807PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
On motion for rehearing, the prior opinion in this case, 939 F.2d 1293 (5th Cir. 1991), is withdrawn, and the following substituted in its place.
Summary judgment is a significant weapon in the arsenal of the district courts, insuring the efficient resolution of claims and defenses that lack genuine issues of material fact.1 This procedural device, however, does not permit a district court to resolve factual issues that are properly left to a jury. The plaintiffs in the instant case sought recovery for the wrongful deaths of Marvin Joe Little (“Little”) and Charles…
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