It is also possible that these claims could be dismissed at a Motion for Summary Judgment stage after a court has a chance to review all of the evidence.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White denied a motion by CBS for a summary judgment, which would have ended the lawsuit.
Given that a favorable ruling on a Motion for Summary Judgment has the result of denying the losing party a full day in court, the burden of carrying this request is high and, understandably, the remedy should be granted only after careful consideration.
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As a result, Yerushalmi and AFLC filed an opposition, which the Court has treated as a cross-motion for summary judgment on the key liability issues, a rarity in cases like this.
The Government filed a motion for summary judgment and was granted summary judgment as to the deficiency.
Subsequent to the close of discovery on September 11, 2012, CAIR filed a motion for summary judgment to have the case dismissed.
But the employer cannot get the case dismissed on a motion for summary judgment because its reason for terminating the employee has been called into doubt.
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The government defendants also filed a motion for summary judgment arguing that whatever aid was provided to AIG's Shariah businesses, it was both unintended and de minimus.
The company has filed a motion with the same judge that issued the ruling against it in June, asking for a declaratory judgment stating the problems from that earlier ruling are no longer present.
The plaintiffs survived a motion to dismiss last December in a Western District of Texas federal court, and each party has now filed motions for summary judgment.
Within a month of that decision, Congress passed the Ledbetter Act, which modified the time limit for when a charge of discrimination needs to be filed in certain cases, and the workers filed a motion to alter judgment in the case.
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