Topic: factual disputes that are 'irrelevant or unnecessary' do no… · Go Syfert
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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 7 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 Javier Mayorga v. Christine A. Merdon.

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1 Javier Mayorga v. Christine A. Merdon Anchor
cadc · 2019
green “factual disputes that are 'irrelevant or unnecessary' do not affect the summary judgment determination.” 4
2 Debra Stoe v. William Barr
cadc · 2020
green “in considering a motion for summary judgment, judges must ask themselves not whether they think 'the evidence unmistakably favors one side or the other but whether a fair-minded jury could return a verdict for the plaintiff on the evidence presented,” 3

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