Antonio Hughley v. State of Indiana, The Consolidated City of Indianapolis/Marion County, and The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department

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• holding that defendant’s “self-serving” affidavit was sufficient “to raise a factual issue to be resolved at trial”
• holding that even “self-serving” affidavits filed in response to a summary judgment motion must be accepted as credible
• holding that even self-serving testimony may defeat summary judgment if a jury could properly return a verdict based on that testimony
• holding that a defendant’s “self-serving and none too detailed” affidavit was sufficient to “clear[] [the] low bar” for creating a genuine issue of material fact
• noting that even a “perfunctory and self-serving” affidavit of dubious credibility can be sufficient to establish a genuine issue of material fact sufficient for trial
• explaining that an issue is only \genuine\ if a trier of fact is required to resolve the truth of the matter

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