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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 86 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 Lavoie v. North East Knitting, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lavoie v. North East Knitting, Inc. Anchor | green | “therefore, summary judgment should enter against a party who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case .” | 22 |
| 2 | Steinberg v. State | green | “the justice's only function is to determine whether there are any issues involving material facts.” | 20 |
| 3 | Smiler v. Napolitano | green | “no genuine issue of material fact is evident from the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, and the motion justice finds that the moving party is entitled to prevail as a matter of law.” | 20 |
| 4 | Lennon v. MacGregor | green | “the court may not pass on the weight or credibility of the evidence but must consider the affidavits and other pleadings in a light most favorable to the party opposing the motion.” | 16 |
| 5 | Tangleridge Development Corp. v. Joslin | green | “when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law, summary judgment is properly entered.” | 5 |
| 6 | Ludwig v. Kowal | green | “it is the province of the trial justice to determine, by an examination of the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, admissions on file, and the affidavits of the parties, whether these documents present a genuine issue of material fact, 'and, if not, whether the m…” | 3 |
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