Hancock v. Mid-South Management Co., Inc.

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• clarifying that “more than a scintilla of evidence” is necessary “to withstand a motion for summary judgment” only “in cases requiring a heightened burden of proof or in cases applying federal law”
• stating all the evidence and all inferences therefrom are viewed in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party
• stating “where a heightened burden of proof is required, there must be more than a scintilla of evidence in order to defeat a motion for summary judgment”
• indicating summary judgment is appropriate where there is no genuine issue of material fact and it is clear the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
• stating the nonmoving party is only required to submit a mere scintilla of evidence to withstand a motion for summary judgment in cases applying the preponderance of the evidence burden of proof
• stating the nonmoving party is only required to submit a mere scintilla of evidence to withstand a motion for summary judgment in cases applying the preponderance of the evidence burden of proof

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).