39 Cited authorities

  1. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

    477 U.S. 317 (1986)   Cited 217,766 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"
  2. United States v. Salerno

    481 U.S. 739 (1987)   Cited 5,510 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "extensive safeguards" are necessary "to repel a facial challenge"
  3. Wash. State Grange v. Wa. State Repub. Party

    552 U.S. 442 (2008)   Cited 1,277 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that courts should neither "anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it" nor "formulate a rule of constitutional law broader than is required by the precise facts to which it is to be applied"
  4. Broadrick v. Oklahoma

    413 U.S. 601 (1973)   Cited 3,459 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Oklahoma may regulate the political activities of its state employees
  5. BFP v. Resolution Trust Corp.

    511 U.S. 531 (1994)   Cited 1,164 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the neologism "reasonably equivalent value" does not necessarily carry the same meaning as traditional "fair market value"
  6. Ulster County Court v. Allen

    442 U.S. 140 (1979)   Cited 1,868 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that criminal defendants could not mount a facial challenge to a statute that had been constitutionally applied at their trial
  7. Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood

    546 U.S. 320 (2006)   Cited 450 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that lower courts should not have invalidated the entire statute, but should have accounted for the legislature's policy choices and the statute's severability clause
  8. Ashwander v. Valley Authority

    297 U.S. 288 (1936)   Cited 2,336 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "Court will not pass upon a constitutional question although properly presented by the record, if there is also present some other ground upon which the case may be disposed of"
  9. Regan v. Time, Inc.

    468 U.S. 641 (1984)   Cited 394 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Government determination of publishability of photographs based on whether message is "newsworthy or educational" constitutes content-based discrimination in violation of First Amendment
  10. Shadow Wood Homeowners Ass'n, Inc. v. N.Y. Cmty. Bancorp, Inc.

    132 Nev. Adv. Op. 5 (Nev. 2016)   Cited 461 times
    Holding that courts retain equitable power to set aside homeowners' association foreclosure sales in quiet title actions under certain circumstances
  11. Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56   Cited 331,402 times   158 Legal Analyses
    Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit
  12. Rule 201 - Judicial Notice of Adjudicative Facts

    Fed. R. Evid. 201   Cited 28,789 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ormally, in deciding a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, courts must limit their inquiry to the facts stated in the complaint and the documents either attached to or incorporated in the complaint. However, courts may also consider matters of which they may take judicial notice."
  13. Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 5   Cited 22,480 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Allowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system
  14. Rule 19 - Required Joinder of Parties

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 19   Cited 9,616 times   55 Legal Analyses
    Holding a person must be joined if disposing the action in the person's absence may leave an existing party subject to a "substantial" risk of incurring inconsistent obligations
  15. Section 2924 - Exercise of power of sale

    Cal. Civ. Code § 2924   Cited 1,820 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding privileged pursuant to Cal. Civ. Code section 47 "[p]erformance of the functions and procedures . . . necessary to carry out the duties [of a non-judicial foreclosure]"
  16. Section 57-1-28 - Sale of trust property by trustee - Payment of bid - Trustee's deed delivered to purchaser - Recitals - Effect

    Utah Code § 57-1-28   Cited 14 times
    Determining that the trustee's deed conveys "all right, title, interest, and claim of the trustor and the trustor's successors in interest and of all persons claiming by, through, or under them, in and to the property sold"