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6 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 310 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 Forsyth v. Barr.

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1 Forsyth v. Barr Anchor
ca5 · 1994
green “rule 56 does not impose upon the district court a duty to sift through the record in search of evidence to support a party's opposition to summary judgment.” 111
2 United States v. Carolina Transformer Company Dewey Strother Kenneth Ray Strother Faytranco, Incorporated
ca4 · 1992
green “must draw all justifiable inferences in favor of the nonmoving party.” 105
3 Forsyth v. Barr
ca5 · 1994
green “sift through the record in search of evidence” 39
4 Unum Life Insurance Co. of America v. Long
txnd · 2002
green “although the court may not enter a 'default' summary judgment, it may accept evidence submitted by movant as undisputed.” 25
5 Bookman v. Shubzda
txnd · 1996
green “although the court may not enter a 'default' summary judgment, it may accept evidence submitted by movant as undisputed.” 20
6 Bookman v. Shubzda
txnd · 1996
green “a summary judgment nonmovant who does not respond to the motion is relegated to his unsworn pleadings, which do not constitute summary judgment evidence.” 10

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