Bank Itec N v. v. J. Henry Schroder Bank & Trust Co.

GOETTEL, District Judge:

Throughout my tenure on this Court, the Second Circuit has taken care to instruct the district judges of this circuit that summary judgment is to be applied sparingly. See Heyman v. Commerce and Industry Insurance Co., 524 F.2d 1317, 1319-20 (2d Cir.1975); Wards Co. v. Stamford Ridgeway Associates and Trim Fashions, Inc., 761 F.2d 117 (2d Cir., 1985). Of course, I have also noted the Second Circuit’s occasional references to the “salutary purposes of summary judgment.” Meiri v. Dacon, 759 F.2d 989, 998 (2d Cir.1985). Among these is “avoiding protracted, expansive and…