477 U.S. 242 (1986) Cited 237,946 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"
475 U.S. 574 (1986) Cited 113,875 times 38 Legal Analyses
Holding that, on summary judgment, antitrust plaintiffs "must show that the inference of conspiracy is reasonable in light of the competing inferences of independent action or collusive action that could not have harmed" them
398 U.S. 144 (1970) Cited 25,163 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that a private person who conspires with government actors to deprive a plaintiff of her constitutional rights acts "under color of law" for purposes of § 1983
Holding that where a summary judgment movant has the burden of proof, his showing must be sufficient for the court to hold that no reasonable trier of fact could find other than for the moving party
Holding that the economic loss doctrine "does not bar recovery in tort where the defendant had a duty imposed by law rather than by contract and where the defendant's intentional breach of that duty caused purely monetary harm to the plaintiff"
162 F. Supp. 2d 1129 (C.D. Cal. 2001) Cited 359 times
Holding that the plaintiff's claim for negligent interference with prospective economic advantage did "not protect any right `qualitatively different' from those rights protected by copyright"