7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 194 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co. Anchor | green | “the purpose of the law of summary judgment is to provide courts with a mechanism to cut through the parties' pleadings in order to determine whether, despite their allegations, trial is in fact necessary to resolve their dispute.” | 147 |
| 2 | Oakland Raiders v. National Football League | green | “we need not defer to the trial court and are not bound by the reasons in its summary judgment ruling; we review the ruling of the trial court, not its rationale.” | 13 |
| 3 | Iverson v. Muroc Unified School District | green | “an independent assessment of the correctness of the trial court's ruling, applying the same legal standard as the trial court in determining whether there are any genuine issues of material fact or whether the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” | 12 |
| 4 | Wiener v. Southcoast Childcare Centers, Inc. | green | “consider all of the evidence the parties offered in connection with the motion (except that which the court properly excluded) and the uncontradicted inferences the evidence reasonably supports.” | 9 |
| 5 | Jones v. Wachovia Bank | green | “if a defendant's moving papers make a prima facie showing that justifies a judgment in its favor, the burden of production shifts to the plaintiff to make a prima facie showing of the existence of a triable issue of material fact.” | 6 |
| 6 | Joseph E. Di Loreto, Inc. v. O'NEILL | green | “in the light most favorable to the opposing party.” | 4 |
| 7 | Kahn v. East Side Union High School District | green | “preclude a reasonable trier of fact from finding” | 3 |
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