French Livestock Co. v. Harney County

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• holding that a party \does not necessarily have to produce evidence in a form that would be admissible at trial\ for that evidence to be considered at the summary judgment stage
• holding that, at summary judgment, the court may not rely on evidence that is “based on inadmissible hearsay” and which does not “set forth facts that would be admissible in evidence”
• holding that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court, at the summary judgment 27 stage, to consider information from an affidavit based on inadmissible hearsay rather than the affiant's personal knowledge
• holding that it was an abuse of discretion for the district court, at the summary judgment stage, to consider information from an affidavit based on inadmissible 27 hearsay rather than the affiant's personal knowledge
• holding that it was an abuse of discretion 2 for the district court, at the summary judgment stage, to consider information from an affidavit 3 based on inadmissible hearsay rather than the affiant’s personal knowledge
• explaining that at summary judgment, “a party does not necessarily have to 24 produce evidence in a form that would be admissible at trial.”

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