Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.
477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 240,383 times 39 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 219,913 times 41 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"
Jeffreys v. City of New York
426 F.3d 549 (2d Cir. 2005) Cited 2,346 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding that the nonmoving party may not rely on “conclusory allegations or unsubstantiated speculation”
Springer v. Durflinger
518 F.3d 479 (7th Cir. 2008) Cited 725 timesHolding that a plaintiff's "hunch about the defendant's motives" is insufficient to survive summary judgment
Hedberg v. Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Inc.
47 F.3d 928 (7th Cir. 1995) Cited 943 timesHolding "that an employer cannot be held liable under the ADA for firing an employee when it indisputably had no knowledge of the disability"
Steen v. Myers
486 F.3d 1017 (7th Cir. 2007) Cited 489 timesHolding "that summary judgment is 'not a dress rehearsal or practice run; it is the put up or shut up moment in a lawsuit, when a party must show what evidence it has that would convince a trier of fact to accept its version of events'" (quoting Hammel v. Eau Galle Cheese Factory, 407 F.3d 852, 859 (7th Cir. 2005))
Spierer v. Rossman
798 F.3d 502 (7th Cir. 2015) Cited 195 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding no special relationship existed between social peers who drank alcohol together
Reardon v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
115 F. Supp. 3d 1090 (N.D. Cal. 2015) Cited 30 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that text messages sent by Uber to potential drivers are not advertisements sent with the purpose to promote a good or service
Gragg v. Orange Cab Co.
995 F. Supp. 2d 1189 (W.D. Wash. 2014) Cited 27 times 5 Legal AnalysesFinding human intervention to send texts was "essential" to system's ability to dial and transmit the messages and as such system in question was not an ATDS
Moore v. Firstsource Advantage, LLC
07-CV-770 (W.D.N.Y. Sep. 15, 2011) Cited 29 times 2 Legal AnalysesExplaining that the “relevant issue in evaluating ‘prior express consent’ is whether a phone number has voluntarily been provided [by the debtor] to the creditor”
Rule 56 - Summary Judgment
Fed. R. Civ. P. 56 Cited 334,935 times 160 Legal AnalysesHolding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
Section 227 - Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
47 U.S.C. § 227 Cited 5,766 times 741 Legal AnalysesGranting exclusive jurisdiction to federal courts over actions brought by state attorney generals