Court
granted summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Domino's on five difference grounds.
District Court amended its original claim construction order based on the PTAB's ruling and
granted summary judgment of non-infringement in favor of Ford on the ground that the express disclaimer prevented the patent - in - suit from covering Ford's vehicles.
Not exact matches
Ebert argued the earlier agreements were invalid because they amounted to restraint
of trade but Superior Court Justice Frederick Myers
granted summary judgment in favour
of Mars Canada in November 2016.
«Because there is no genuine dispute
of material fact that Sulyma had actual knowledge
of the facts comprising claims I and III, as well as knowledge
of the disclosures he alleges were unlawfully inadequate in claims II and IV, the Court
grants defendants» motion for
summary judgment on those claims, finding them time - barred,» Cousins wrote in his opinion.
For instance, the judge
granted summary judgment against the NCAA on its argument that scholarship rules «improve [e] the quality
of the collegiate experience for student - athletes, other students, and alumni by maintaining the unique heritage and traditions
of college athletics and preserving amateurism as a foundational principle, thereby distinguishing amateur college athletics from professional sports, allowing the former to exist as a distinct form
of athletic rivalry and as an essential component
of a comprehensive college education.»
Judge Elaine Slobod,
of Orange County Supreme Court in upstate New York,
granted partial
summary judgment March 12 for Wah - chung Hsu, who once lived in the hamlet
of Highland Mills, saying in court documents that Wyckoff was in breach
of contract when it did not pay him severance after firing him.
The Federal District Court
granted the defendant
summary judgment, ruling that plaintiff's evidence did not meet a standard
of «general acceptance» within the scientific community.
The District Court
granted summary judgment to the school district, finding that state law did not bar the district's use
of the racial tiebreaker and that the plan survived strict scrutiny on the federal constitutional claim because it was narrowly tailored to serve a compelling government interest.
(d) Intentional infliction
of emotional distress The court
granted the district's motion but denied the individual defendants» motion for
summary judgment for this claim because
of the boundaries
of the state's governmental immunity legislation.
(c) Violation
of 14th Amendment procedural due process The court
granted the defendants» motion for
summary judgment for this claim, finding that Ms. I did not meet the applicable precedent, which requires at the threshold an allegation that the reason for the forced discharge was to avoid a pre-termination hearing.
Two criteria must be met before
summary judgment may be properly
granted: (1) there must be no genuine issues
of material fact, and (2) the Movant must be entitled to
judgment as a matter
of law.
Judgment is entered in favor
of Defendants Microsoft Corporation, Electronic Arts Inc., Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., Majesco Entertainment Co., Ubisoft Inc., and Nintendo
of America Inc.'s (collectively «Defendants») on Plaintiff Richard J. Baker's («Baker») claims for infringement pursuant to the Court's ORDER
GRANTING DEFENDANTS» MOTION FOR
SUMMARY JUDGMENT (D.I. 135) dated January 3, 2017 and filed on January 4, 2017.
Causing heartburn for project applicants developing on tribal land, the Tenth Circuit reversed the District Court for the Northern District
of Oklahoma's
grant of summary judgment and determined that the defendants» large - scale excavation project, involving site modification and the use
of excavated rock and soil in the installation
of wind turbines, constituted «mining» under federal regulations addressing mineral development on Native... Complete story»
We conclude that neither that crime nor any similar one was foreseeable, and thus affirm the district court's
grant of summary judgment in favor
of the defendants.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed the district court's
grant of summary judgment to the garage owners, on the grounds that the intervening criminal act
of the plaintiff's kin was not foreseeable.
It examines activity for five judges over the past five years, showing the percentage
of cases in which each judge
granted or denied
summary judgment motions and the average days it takes each judge to decide a case.
Summary judgment was
granted; that decision was overturned on appeal to the Ontario Court
of Appeal; the franchisee then sought leave to appeal to the Supreme Court
of Canada, which was refused in 2010.
Thus, regarding the claim for negligent breach
of fiduciary duty, the Superior Court
grant of summary judgment in favor
of defendants was reversed.
On appeal, the workers argued that there existed a genuine issue
of material fact related to whether Zurich owed them a duty
of care, and thus
granting summary judgment in Zurich's favor was in error.
Represented Braintree Laboratories at the Federal Circuit to reverse a district court's
grant of summary judgment of noninfringement for Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, following a patent dispute concerning Breckenridge's planned generic version
of Braintree's SUPREP laxative drug.
Attorneys won affirmance
of a
grant of summary judgment in a putative medical monitoring class action arising out
of alleged neighborhood exposure to beryllium dust and fumes from defendants» plant over the course
of many decades.
CONCLUSION For the reasons set forth above, and because no issue
of material fact exists for determination by a jury, it is axiomatic that
summary judgment for Defendant should be
granted.
In the absence
of expert testimony, there was no triable issue
of material fact as to whether a defect in the speed control deactivation switch installed on a pickup truck was the proximate cause
of a fire that damaged a brake shop, a federal court in Mississippi ruled,
granting the pickup truck maker's motions for
summary judgment on the business owner's products liability and negligence claims (the latter
of which was subsumed by the products liability claim), and on the punitive damages claim (Mildemont, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co., January 13, 2017, Ozerden, H.).
The Court
of Appeal held that Warkentin, J., in
granting summary judgment to the second lawyer, erred in failing to consider whether he had owed the plaintiffs a duty to advise them about the limitation period for suing the first lawyer, even though the written retainer between the plaintiffs and the second lawyer was restricted to an assessment
of the first lawyer's account.
By order dated July 14, 2014, the motion judge, the Honourable Justice Martin S. James
of the Ontario Superior Court
of Justice sitting at Ottawa,
granted Mr. Arnone's motion for
summary judgment and ordered Best Theratronics to pay (i) damages equal to the gross amount
of the salary Arnone would have earned until he qualified for an unreduced pension, less payments made to him to satisfy the statutory obligations
of the employer, (ii) $ 65,000 representing the present value
of the loss
of an unreduced pension, (iii) a retirement allowance equal to 30 weeks» pay, and (iv) costs totaling $ 52,280.09.
The Court
granted summary judgment for the Defendants as to all Counts
of Plaintiff's Complaint.
It upheld the lower Court's
granting of summary judgment on all counts with the exception
of the G.L. c. 93A claim.
In Salvas v. Wal - Mart Stores, the SJC ruled that a trial court judge erred when he decertified the class action, excluded testimony from the plaintiffs» expert witness, and
granted partial
summary judgment in favor
of Wal - Mart.
Appeals from the
granting of a
summary judgment motion go directly to the Court
of Appeal, but appeals from the denial
of such a motion go to the Divisional Court, and only then with leave.
For example, if some
of the claims against some
of the parties will proceed to trial in any event, it may not be in the interest
of justice to use the new fact - finding powers to
grant summary judgment against a single defendant.
In an order [PDF] filed on October 4, 2012, Judge Ronald L. Buckwalter
of the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania
granted summary judgment dismissing Linda Eagle's claims that she had been damaged by her former employer's theft
of her LinkedIn account.
In doing so, he said he felt comfortable falling in line with one judicial line
of thought that says judges can make findings
of fact in order to
grant summary judgment.
17 As a result
of this asymmetry, the court that makes the most authoritative pronouncements on the standard for
granting summary judgment — the Court
of Appeal — tends to do so in cases where the motions court has denied the complainant her day in court.
On Wednesday, the FDA campaign may have died out altogether, as U.S. District Judge Richard Leon
granted summary judgment in favor
of five tobacco companies who objected that the proposed warnings would violate their free speech rights, cost millions
of dollars to print and require them to feature anti-smoking advocacy more prominently than their own brands.
Finding that Veoh qualifies for protection under the safe harbor provision
of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, U.S. District Judge A. Howard Matz
granted summary judgment dismissing Universal's suit.
Judge Reiss
granted the defendants» motion for
summary judgment, finding that «the only reasonable interpretation
of that language is that it requires Killington Ltd. to provide the designated passholder free use
of all ski lifts operated by Killington Ltd. at the Killington Ski Area so long as it operates in that area... «The term corporation, she wrote, «clearly refers to the named corporations, Sherburne and Killington Ltd.» and «reveals no intention to bind Killington Ltd's successors... To the contrary, Killington Ltd.'s obligations under the passes clearly terminate with its cessation
of operations in the area.»
Thus, the trial court
granted summary judgment in favor
of the plaintiff.
The moving defendants disputed this theory
of liability on the basis that there was no causal connection that the light bulb caused the fire, and asked the Court to
grant summary judgment in their favour.
In this slip and fall action, the trial court
granted Appellee Wal - Mart's motion for
summary judgment based on the nonexistence
of any genuine issue
of material fact that Wal - Mart had actual or constructive notice
of a dangerous condition.In this slip and fall action, the trial court
granted Appellee Wal - Mart's motion for
summary judgment based on the nonexistence
of any genuine issue
of material fact that Wal - Mart had actual or constructive notice
of a dangerous condition.
As a result, the court reversed the
granting of summary judgment in favor
of the plaintiff, explaining that the plaintiff would need to file a personal injury lawsuit to establish the insurance company's liability for her future medical expenses.
The trial court agreed and
granted summary judgment in favor
of the water company.
After examining the evidence, a state court
granted summary judgment in favor
of the restaurant.
Ultimately, the trial court
granted summary judgment in favor
of the Bank because there was no evidence that Diaz ever provided medical clearance from a doctor that would allow her to return to work.
Barking Hound argued that the trial court erred in not
granting summary judgment on this claim because the plaintiff had failed to present evidence that the deceased dog had actual market value, which Barking Hound contends is the sole form
of damages recoverable.
The District Court
granted summary judgment for 2 Live Crew, holding that its song was a parody that made fair use
of the original song.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Sullivan has
granted summary judgment in favor
of Capitol Records in its infringement suit against online digital music reseller ReDigi, which bills itself as «The World's First Pre-Owned Digital Marketplace.»
The appellate court was tasked with determining if the lower court's decision to
grant summary judgment in favor
of the defendant was proper.
Thus, the court reversed the lower court's
granting of summary judgment.
The issues in this application were whether the applicants were entitled to
summary judgment on their harassment claim and whether the court should
grant a permanent injunction pursuant to s. 3 (3)
of the 1997 Protection Against Harassment Act.
The High Court (Burnley District Registry) has
granted summary judgment on claims brought against NHS East Lancashire under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006, judging them to have been brought out
of time.