Gunville v. Walker

How courts have described this case

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• noting that \a court may consider only admissible evidence in assessing a motion for summary judgment\ and hearsay is inadmissible
• explaining that “hearsay is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted” (citing Fed. R. Evid. 801(c))
• explaining that courts may not consider inadmissible evidence on summary judgment
• explaining that summary judgment must be based on admissible evidence
• “A party may not rely upon inadmissible hearsay to oppose a motion for summary judgment.”
• \Admissibility is the threshold question because a court may consider only admissible evidence in assessing a motion for summary judgment.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).