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· 3/22/1977

Gary L. Costlow v. United States

Citations

  • 552 F.2d 560
  • 23 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 1196
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 14191

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a matter of course
  • holding that a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a matter of course
  • reverses district court grant of summary judgment without argument or discovery when latter was being diligently pursued and when facts on employment status of employee were within the exclusive control of defendant
  • “where the facts are in the possession of the moving party a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a mat ter of course”
  • “[W]e have said that where the facts are in possession of the moving party a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a matter of course.”
  • “[W]e have said that where the facts are in possession of the moving party a continuance of a motion for summary judgment for purposes of discovery should be granted almost as a matter of course.”

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Judges: Gibbons, Garth, Cohen

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