Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 56

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Rule of civil procedure
gptkbp:adoptedBy 1938
gptkbp:amendedBy 1963
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gptkbp:appliesTo Civil cases
gptkbp:availableOn https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/rule_56
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Anderson_v._Liberty_Lobby,_Inc.
Celotex Corp. v. Catrett
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. v. Zenith Radio Corp.
gptkbp:codifiedIn gptkb:Title_28_of_the_United_States_Code
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 56
gptkbp:jurisdiction gptkb:United_States_federal_courts
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:motionBy Any party
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Federal_Rules_of_Civil_Procedure
gptkbp:purpose To allow courts to dispose of cases without trial when there is no genuine dispute as to any material fact
gptkbp:relatedTo Rule 50 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
gptkbp:requires Supporting affidavits, declarations, or other evidence
gptkbp:response Nonmovant must show specific facts showing a genuine issue for trial
gptkbp:standardizedBy No genuine dispute as to any material fact and movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law
gptkbp:subject Summary judgment
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Summary_Judgment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6