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· 9/17/1947

Eastern Coal Sales Co. v. State Tax Commissioner

Citations

  • 4 Ct. Cl. 68

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a party needs evidence, not mere speculation, to defeat summary judgment”
  • reasoning that a police officer who knew of another agency’s obligation to send a particular report to the prosecution “could not have thought that he had the power to conceal the report,” corroborating his claim to have mistakenly failed to send it to lead detectives
  • denying evidence-fabrication claim because plaintiff “cannot establish that the allegedly fabricated evidence was material”
  • assuming, without deciding, “that a reckless failure to disclose exculpatory evidence constitutes suppression”
  • “An allegation in a complaint is a judicial admission that can be used against the plaintiff.”
  • “An allegation in a complaint is a judicial admission that can be used against the plaintiff.”

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Judges: Bland, Schuck

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