Legal Opinion
Williams v. Borough of West Chester
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 21, 1989No. 89-1052PublishedCited by 1,160 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
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Since the Supreme Court decided its summary judgment trilogy,1 appellate courts have increasingly been called upon to engage in difficult line-drawing exercises to determine whether a nonmoving party has adduced sufficient evidence to defeat a motion for summary judgment. The standard for this determination is more easily stated than applied:
[Sjummary judgment will not lie if the dispute about a material fact is “genuine,” that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- City of Canton v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
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3Cited by1,160 opinions
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