Topic: to be sure, feliciano's sworn statements are self-serving, … · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 139 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 Janet Feliciano v. City of Miami Beach.

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1 Janet Feliciano v. City of Miami Beach Anchor
ca11 · 2013
green “to be sure, feliciano's sworn statements are self-serving, but that alone does not permit us to disregard them at the summary judgment stage.” 57
2 United States v. Estelle Stein
ca11 · 2018
green “a litigant's self-serving statements based on personal knowledge or observation can defeat summary judgment.” 39
3 Smith v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
ca11 · 2011
green “so long as the circumstantial evidence raises a reasonable inference that the employer discriminated against the plaintiff, summary judgment is improper.” 30
4 United States v. Estelle Stein
ca11 · 2018
green “an affidavit which satisfies rule 56 of the federal rules of civil procedure may create an issue of material fact and preclude summary judgment even if it is self-serving and uncorroborated.” 13

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