Havlen v. McDougall

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• holding that federal law limited state court’s ability to allocate property in divorce
• stating that a party establishes its right to summary judgment “by conclusively proving all elements of the movant’s cause of action or defense as a matter of law”
• stating that a party 22 establishes its right to summary judgment ―by conclusively proving all elements of the movant‘s cause of action or defense as a matter of law‖
• discussing “other state courts” that have “all construed the 1990 Amendment to prohibit reopening pre-McCarty divorce decrees”
• noting summary judgment is proper when parties do not dispute the relevant facts
• noting summary judgment is proper when parties do not dispute the relevant facts

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