Cummings v. Norton

How courts have described this case

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• noting that we “seldom consider[] an issue not presented to the district court—especially when the appeal is of a summary judgment”
• noting that “the general rule that issues not raised below are waived on appeal” applies with particular force when the appeal arises at the summary judgment stage
• “[T]o preserve the integrity of the appellate structure,” we apply the waiver doctrine to avoid reviewing new arguments “not presented to the district court – especially when an appeal is of a summary judgment[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).