| Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. | ||||||
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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| Argued December 3, 1985 Decided June 25, 1986 |
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| Full case name | Jack Anderson, et al. v. Liberty Lobby, Incorporated, et al. | |||||
| Citations | 477 U.S. 242 (more) 106 S. Ct. 2505; 91 L. Ed. 2d 202; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 115; 54 U.S.L.W. 4755; 4 Fed. R. Serv. 3d (Callaghan) 1041; 12 Media L. Rep. 2297 |
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| The Court laid out the standard for a trial court to grant summary judgment. | ||||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | White, joined by Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens, O'Connor | |||||
| Dissent | Brennan | |||||
| Dissent | Rehnquist, joined by Burger | |||||
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, 477 U.S. 242 (1986), is a United States Supreme Court case articulating the standard for a trial court to grant summary judgment. Summary judgment will lie when, taking all factual inferences in the non-movant's favor, there exists no genuine issue as to a material fact such that the movant deserves judgment as a matter of law. Because appellate courts always recite Liberty Lobby when reviewing a trial court's grant of summary judgment, Liberty Lobby is the most quoted Supreme Court case.[1]