Legal Opinion
30 Fair empl.prac.cas. 11, 30 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 33,084 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Cross-Appellee v. Brown & Root, Inc., Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 4, 1982No. 82-4081PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Summary judgment is a marvelous tool when used correctly. It can cut to the heart of disputed legal issues and resolve them, so long as the underlying material facts are undisputed. However, summary judgment is completely inappropriate when a law suit turns on a disputed question of material fact. Here, we must reverse because the district court granted summary judgment when there was a disputed issue of material fact that, if resolved in favor of the party against whom the judgment was rendered, might make the outcome completely different.
The following facts are…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- General Telephone Co. of the Northwest, Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- William F. TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TEXAS INSTRUMENTS, INCORPORATED, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Ferdinand Henry Schutten v. Shell Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Cecil JONES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WESTERN GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY OF AMERICA, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by58 opinions
- George W. NIX, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WLCY RADIO/RAHALL COMMUNICATIONS, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1984
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. LHC Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2014
- Daigle v. Liberty Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
- Paul Silvestre Diaz v. American Telephone & TelegraphCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Morton v. GTE Southwest Inc. (Wieburg)Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001
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