477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 240,497 times 39 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"
477 U.S. 317 (1986) Cited 220,007 times 41 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"
528 U.S. 49 (1999) Cited 345 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that federal law defines “property and rights to property” for purposes of a federal tax statute, irrespective of whether the right is defined as a “property” right under state law
467 U.S. 310 (1984) Cited 485 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that party with burden of persuasion may prevail only if he can “place in the ultimate factfinder an abiding conviction that the truth of [his] factual contentions are ‘highly probable.’ ”
Upholding district court's grant of summary judgment and dismissal of claims for conversion, fraudulent misrepresentation, and intentional interference against individual defendants because plaintiff could not prove its alter ego theory of liability as to those individual defendants
Holding that taxpayer's wife had standing to file cross-appeal because the district court held that she owned only an undivided half-interest in certain real property, but the wife claimed 100% ownership of the property free and clear of the government's tax lien
In Barber v. General Electric Co., 648 F.2d 1272, 1277 (10th Cir. 1981), this court interpreted Kirkland and Hogue to mean that the assumption of the risk defense in a products liability suit requires a jury determination that plaintiff was aware of a known defect and had assumed a known risk.
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 Cited 15,612 times 51 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"