Burkhardt v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the trial court “may not resolve factual disputes or determine credibility in ruling on a summary disposition motion”
• observing that “[u]nder general contract law, rights can be assigned unless the assignment is clearly restricted”
• stating that when reviewing a motion for summary disposition a trial court may not make credibility determinations
• stating that a trial court may not make factual findings on disputed factual issues during a motion for summary disposition
• stating that a trial court may not make factual findings when deciding a motion for summary disposition
• explaining that “the unilateral subjective intent of one party cannot control the terms of a contract”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).