Topic: conclusory allegations, unsupported by specific facts, · Go Syfert
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8 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 272 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 Barbara Payne v. Michael Pauley.

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1 Barbara Payne v. Michael Pauley Anchor
ca7 · 2003
green “conclusory allegations, unsupported by specific facts,” 84
2 Spurling v. C & M Fine Pack, Inc.
ca7 · 2014
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.” 63
3 Spurling v. C & M Fine Pack, Inc.
ca7 · 2014
green “if the movant shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 43
4 Faas v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
ca7 · 2008
green “a genuine issue of material fact arises only if sufficient evidence favoring the nonmoving party exists to permit a jury to return a verdict for that party.” 25
5 Reid v. Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America
ca7 · 2014
green “court may not assess the credibility of witnesses, choose between competing inferences or balance the relative weight of conflicting evidence.” 25
6 Robert Holleman v. Dushan Zatecky
ca7 · 2020
green “qualified immunity is an affirmative defense, but once it is raised the burden shifts to the plaintiff to defeat it.” 12
7 Eugene Sparing v. Village of Olympia Fields and Officer James Keith
ca7 · 2001
green “to overcome qualified immunity, the facts viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiff must 'show that the defendants violated a constitutional right' and that 'the right was clearly established at that time.” 10
8 Spurling v. C & M Fine Pack, Inc.
ca7 · 2014
green “summary judgment is proper if the moving party 'shows that there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.” 10

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