Hecla Mining Co. v. Star-Morning Mining Co.

In its memorandum decision, the district court provides a recitation of the history of the case, and then beginning on the bottom of page four, recognizes the rules relative to summary judgment, citing a plethora of cases — all of which serves no purpose other than to tell lawyers what they already know relative to summary judgment proceedings.

The supposed heart of the opinion, captioned “Discussion,” naturally should go to the heart of the controversy. The first paragraph thereof finds fault in the affidavits of Hecla, and even-handedly finds that Star-Morning is guilty of the same fault.…