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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 49 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 National Athletic Sportswear, Inc. v. Westfield Insurance.

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1 National Athletic Sportswear, Inc. v. Westfield Insurance Anchor
ca7 · 2008
green “a court's role is not to evaluate the weight of the evidence, to judge the credibility of witnesses, or to determine the truth of the matter, but instead to determine whether there is a genuine issue of triable fact.” 20
2 Delapaz v. Richardson
ca7 · 2011
green “to aid the district court, which does not have the advantage of the parties' familiarity with the record and often cannot afford to spend the time combing the record to locate the relevant information, in determining whether a trial is necessary.” 17
3 National Athletic Sportswear, Inc. v. Westfield Insurance
ca7 · 2008
green “court's role is not to evaluate the weight of the evidence, to judge the credibility of witnesses, or to determine the truth of the matter, but instead to determine whether there is a genuine issue of triable fact.” 6
4 Sachin Gupta v. Chad Melloh
ca7 · 2021
green “shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 6

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