Winchester Construction Co. v. Miller County Board of Education

FITZPATRICK, District Judge.

Defendants have moved for summary judgment on the ground that they are not liable to suit in this contract action. Under Rule 56(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the party moving for summary judgment bears the initial burden of showing that there are no genuine issues of material fact that should be decided at a trial of the case and that the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Once the movant carines this threshold matter, the burden sifts to the nonmoving party to demonstrate that there is indeed a material issue of fact or law…