Teselle v. McLoughlin

Opinion

BLEASE, J.

This case illustrates the primacy of the complaint in measuring the materiality of the facts which a motion for summary judgment must address. It involves the relationships of at least four subdivisions of the summary judgment statute. (Code Civ. Proc., § 437c, subds. (b)(1), (2), (3), (p)(2). 4 )

The trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the ground that plaintiff failed by one day to file a timely opposition statement of disputed material facts. (§ 437c, subd. (b)(2).) It said the failure was “a sufficient ground, in the court’s discretion, for…