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Degrate v. Monroe et al

MOTION for Summary Judgment

10 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 251,785 times   279 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a claim is plausible where a plaintiff's allegations enable the court to draw a "reasonable inference" the defendant is liable

  2. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

    477 U.S. 242 (1986)   Cited 235,866 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

  3. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 216,014 times   40 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

  4. Kennedy v. Sheriff of East Baton Rouge

    935 So. 2d 669 (La. 2006)   Cited 292 times
    Holding that "the standard of negligence . . . is to be applied in cases . . . involving a private individual allegedly injured by a defamatory falsehood in a matter of public concern," which is the same "negligence standard of liability in actions by private individuals involving matters of private concern"

  5. Nicholas v. Allstate Insurance Co.

    765 So. 2d 1017 (La. 2000)   Cited 283 times
    Adopting the approach of the RESTATEMENT (SECOND) OF TORTS § 46 cmt. d

  6. Deus v. Allstate Insurance

    15 F.3d 506 (5th Cir. 1994)   Cited 158 times
    Holding that intervenors don't have standing to seek document unsealing

  7. Williams v. Delta Haven, Inc.

    416 So. 2d 637 (La. Ct. App. 1982)   Cited 39 times
    In Williams v. Delta Haven, Inc., 416 So.2d 637 (La.App. 2 Cir. 1982), plaintiff's petition was dismissed on an exception of no cause of action.

  8. Easter v. Caldwell

    CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0967 (W.D. La. Mar. 20, 2015)   Cited 1 times

    CIVIL ACTION NO. 14-0967 03-20-2015 NIDA M. EASTER v. CHARLIE CALDWELL, ET AL. JUDGE ELIZABETH ERNY FOOTE MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY MEMORANDUM RULING Before this Court are Motions To Dismiss submitted by Chief Willie Shaw of the Shreveport Police Department ("Chief Shaw"), Shreveport City Marshal Charlie Caldwell, Jr. ("City Marshal Caldwell"), and Sheriff Steve Prator of the Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office ("Sheriff Prator"). [Record Documents 8, 12, and 14]. The Plaintiff, Nida M. Easter, filed suit

  9. Nicholas v. Allstate Ins.

    739 So. 2d 830 (La. Ct. App. 1999)   Cited 8 times

    No. 30,735-CA. May 28, 1999. Rehearing Denied July 23, 1999. APPEAL FROM FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF CADDO, NO. 385,064, STATE OF LOUISIANA, HONORABLE CHARLES R. SCOTT, J. Wiener, Weiss Madison, By: John M. Madison, Jr., Shreveport, for Appellants. Cook, Yancey, King Galloway, by Jerald R. Harper, Shreveport, for Appellees. Before NORRIS, WILLIAMS, GASKINS, CARAWAY and DREW, JJ. GASKINS, Judge. In this wrongful termination of employment action, the defendants, Allstate Insurance Company

  10. Smith v. Paslode Corp.

    7 F.3d 116 (8th Cir. 1993)   Cited 9 times
    Concluding that Red Cross provides health care services involving “procurement, processing, distribution, or use of whole blood, plasma, blood products, and blood derivatives for transfusion into the human body,” and is health care provider under chapter 538