Legal Opinion
Rivera-Rivera v. Medina & Medina, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 1, 2018No. 17-1191PPublishedCited by 137 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
When it comes to evaluating summary judgment motions, judges simply aren't meant to be factfinders. In what should come as a surprise to no one, then, courts should never be in the business of granting such motions when the case's material facts are genuinely disputed by the parties. But for some of the claims in this employment discrimination lawsuit, the district court did just that. Though we recognize the lower court here didn't get it all wrong, it nevertheless disposed of numerous claims that should have been spared the summary judgment ax. We therefore affirm in…
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