Summary Judgment
26 groups with Kansas opinions1982–2026
- Rule 56 Standard and Purpose26 opinions · 1983–2024Determining when summary judgment must be denied · Reviewing summary judgment standards and FELA elements · Reviewing summary judgment under federal and Kansas law
- Burden of Proof at Summary Judgment17 opinions · 1982–2026Standards for summary judgment and factual dispute resolution · Reviewing summary judgment standard and issues presented · Treat summary judgment as rule 56(b) dismissal
- Summary judgment; Judgment motions; Evidence summary14 opinions · 1983–2026Requiring evidentiary basis for factual allegations in motions · Requirements for granting summary judgment motion · Analyzing summary judgment motions and constitutional challenges
- Materiality of Factual Disputes12 opinions · 1993–2026Establishing dispute of material fact for summary judgment · Analyzing summary judgment standards and commercial reasonableness · Granting summary judgment without factual support
- Summary judgment; Judgment motions; Evidence10 opinions · 1983–2024Nonmovant failure to respond to summary judgment motion · Affirming summary judgment on record grounds · Reviewing summary judgment standards and execution of wishes
- Settlement Agreements and Litigation Resolution Doctrines8 opinions · 1990–2025Defining privity and collateral estoppel requirements · Voluntary dismissal with prejudice constitutes final judgment on merits · Imputability of attorney's willful conduct to party
- Summary judgment; Discovery6 opinions · 1983–2012Prohibiting reliance on speculation in summary judgment motions · Determining jury function versus summary judgment scope · Circumventing summary judgment with evidence
- De Novo Review of Summary Judgment6 opinions · 1989–2024Analyzing the standard for summary judgment motions · Analyzing summary judgment standards under rule 56 · Reviewing summary judgment on federal statute construction
- Analyzing circuit variations on section 12(2) seller liability · Describing rule 4(a)(4) as a graveyard of appeals · Determining genuine issues of material fact on appeal
- Addressing linguistic barriers in judicial proceedings · Requiring direct citation to the record in briefs
- Diminishing utility of summary judgment through contradictory affidavits · Requirements for discovery motions under rule 56 · Prohibiting vague and indefinite discovery requests under rule 36
- Applying the sham affidavit rule to testimony · Allowing self-serving affidavits to create fact issues · Contradictory affidavit versus deposition testimony rules
- Determining entitlement to issue as matter of law · Excluding speculative expert testimony in summary judgment
- Standard of evidence required to defeat summary judgment · Reviewing summary judgment on deficiency damages amount
- Resolving factual disputes through in camera review of records · Determining provability of collection costs under bankruptcy law
- Assessing evidence reliability outside summary judgment · Establishing summary judgment standards and burden shifting
- Reviewing summary judgment standards and constitutional challenges · Reviewing summary judgment on constitutional claims
- Determining the constitutional status of referendum rights
- Admissibility of evidence in summary judgment motions · Excluding inadmissible hearsay from summary judgment analysis
- Establishing genuine issues for summary judgment
- Reviewing standards for summary judgment motions
- Burden shifting after proper notice to tribe
- Balancing access to courts against judicial resource protection
- Determining genuine issues of material fact for summary judgment
- Review standards for summary judgment and actual injury
- Reviewing evidence for undue influence in will contests
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