Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 236,238 times 38 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
477 U.S. 317 (1986) Cited 216,328 times 40 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Tsintolas Realty Co. v. Mendez
984 A.2d 181 (D.C. 2009) Cited 190 timesHolding that attaching a copy of a settlement agreement to a motion did not constitute a material breach of a confidentiality provision
District Cablevision Ltd. P'ship. v. Bassin
828 A.2d 714 (D.C. 2003) Cited 101 timesHolding that a liquidated damages clause specifying a single sum for all contractual breaches that bore no "reasonable" relationship to actual damages was unenforceable as a penalty
Eastbanc v. Georgetown Park
940 A.2d 996 (D.C. 2008) Cited 70 timesReversing grant of summary judgment and declining to address "for the first time on appeal" additional arguments that the appellee made in the trial court because the trial court had not reached them
Steven R. Perles, P.C. v Kagy
473 F.3d 1244 (D.C. Cir. 2007) Cited 33 timesFinding incredible that a lawyer intended a telephone call to give rise to a binding agreement worth millions of dollars
Fowler v. a a Company
262 A.2d 344 (D.C. 1970) Cited 109 timesHolding that where defendant waterproofing contractor "guaranteed dry basement," promising to "maintain dryness" of basement for five years following completion of work; wetness in the plaintiff's basement returned fifteen months after defendant completed its work; defendant repeatedly promised to correct the problem after plaintiff notified it of the problem; plaintiff sent a letter dated June 5, 1963, demanding performance within five days; and it became apparent only after June 10, 1963, that the defendant had totally repudiated its promise, "the statute of limitations began to run against the repudiation . . . on June 10, 1963"
Medhin v. Hailu
26 A.3d 307 (D.C. 2011) Cited 24 timesFinding that a breach-of-contract claim accrued when the breach occurred
Simon v. Circle Associates, Inc.
753 A.2d 1006 (D.C. 2000) Cited 28 timesFinding settlement agreement ambiguous
Aspire Channel, LLC v. Penngood, LLC
139 F. Supp. 3d 382 (D.D.C. 2015) Cited 5 timesIn Aspire Channel, for example, prejudgment interest was found payable by usage where the defendant had "failed to pay plaintiff the total amount due for the advertising placements" under the parties' agreement.
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 328,775 times 158 Legal AnalysesHolding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Rule 41 - Dismissal of Actions
Fed. R. Civ. P. 41 Cited 108,151 times 195 Legal AnalysesHolding that such dismissal "operates as an adjudication on the merits"
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,038 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury
28 U.S.C. § 1746 Cited 10,033 times 17 Legal AnalysesPermitting the use of declarations instead
Section 15-108 - Interest on judgment for liquidated debt
D.C. Code § 15-108 Cited 79 timesPertaining to liquidated claims