Cooley v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “we may not address the merits of a case absent jurisdiction”
• court of appeals did not need to discuss alternative grounds for summary judgment after upholding summary judgment on one meritorious ground
• appellate court does not need to address alternative grounds for summary judgment after upholding summary judgment on meritorious ground
• rules of appellate procedure “provide for courts of appeals to hand down opinions that are as brief as practicable while covering every issue raised and necessary to disposition of the appeal”
• “[O]rdinarily a case will be remanded to the court of appeals for further proceedings when we reverse the judgment of the appeals court and the reversal necessitates consideration of issues raised in but not addressed by that court.”
• respondent failed to show entitlement to summary judgment as a matter of law because respondent failed to conclusively establish that officers did not have reasonable belief that property had or would have a substantial connection with illegal activity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).