Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sandra Marshall v. Honeywell Technology Systems

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided July 12, 2016No. 14-7190Published

1DissentGriffith, Circuit Judge

I agree with most of what the majority says. Sandra Marshall may well have de*933liberately left her civil claims off her bankruptcy forms in an effort to conceal her assets from the bankruptcy court. Had she undisputedly done so, the district court would have been within its discretion to grant summary judgment on the basis of judicial estoppel, just as we affirmed in Moses v. Howard University Hospital, 606 F.3d 789 (D.C. Cir. 2010). But summary judgment is appropriate only if the defendants have shown that there is “no genuine issue as to any material fact.” Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S,…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. New Hampshire v. MaineSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
  3. Etim U. Aka v. Washington Hospital CenterCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1998
  4. Scarano v. Central R. Co. Of New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
  5. William Edwards v. Aetna Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982

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