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7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 64 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 Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Moses.

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1 Fed. Trade Comm'n v. Moses Anchor
ca2 · 2019
green “party may not rely on mere speculation or conjecture as to the true nature of the facts to overcome a motion for summary judgment.” 17
2 Hancock v. Cnty. of Rensselaer
ca2 · 2018
green “in determining whether there is a genuine dispute as to a material fact, we must resolve all ambiguities and draw all inferences against the moving party.” 11
3 Flores v. United States
ca2 · 2018
green “while we are required to resolve all ambiguities and draw all permissible factual inferences in favor of the non-moving party, . . . conclusory statements, conjecture, or speculation by the party resisting the motion will not defeat summary judgment” 9
4 Federal Deposit Insurance v. Hodge
nyed · 2014
green “statements without citation to evidence may be properly ignored by the court.” 8
5 New World Solutions, Inc. v. NameMedia Inc.
nysd · 2015
green “f a party fails to properly support a statement by an adequate citation to the record, the court may properly disregard that assertion.” 8
6 Chandok v. Klessig
ca2 · 2011
green “where the undisputed facts reveal that there is an absence of sufficient proof as to one essential element of a claim, any factual disputes with respect to other elements become immaterial and cannot defeat a motion for summary judgment.” 7
7 Kaur v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp.
nysd · 2010
green “where there are no citations or where the cited materials do not support the factual assertions in the statements, the court is free to disregard the assertion.” 4

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