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· 1/31/1956

Chessman v. Teets

Citations

  • 138 F. Supp. 761
  • 1956 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3824

How courts have described this case

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

  • striking portions of a declaration that were “impermissible attempts to place before the Court irrelevant, impugning and/or inflammatory statements”
  • denying a motion to strike “because it commits the ... sin of frivolity”
  • “Rule 56(e)’s personal knowledge requirement[] renders statements made on information and belief, facts which the affiant believes but does not know are true, insufficient.”
  • court struck portions of the agency FOIA Director’s declaration due to a lack of personal knowledge and impermissible hearsay
  • court struck portions of the agency FOIA Director’s declaration due to a lack of personal knowledge 8 and impermissible hearsay
  • Rule 56(e)’s personal knowledge requirement renders statements made on information and belief, facts which the affiant believes but does not know are true, insufficient

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Judges: Goodman

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