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Ninth Circuit· 1/21/2010

Hoffman v. Tonnemacher

Citations

  • 593 F.3d 908
  • 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 1293
  • 2010 WL 184339

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  • holding that district courts have discretion to consider successive motions for summary judgment
  • holding that the 19 district court did not abuse its discretion when it permitted the defendants to file two 20 motions for summary judgment prior to trial and a third motion for summary judgment 21 following a mistrial
  • observing that “allowing a party to file a second motion for summary judgment is logical, and it fosters the ‘just, speedy, and inexpensive’ resolution of suits.”
  • holding that “district courts have discretion to entertain successive motions 5 for summary judgment” and noting that “allowing a party to file a second motion for 6 summary judgment” can be “logical” and “foster[ ] the ‘just, speedy, and inexpensive’ 7 resolution of suits”
  • explaining that district courts have discretion to entertain successive motions for summary judgment
  • “Allowing 17 || a successive summary judgment motion potentially can save all concerned the far greater 18 || expenses of a trial.”’

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Judges: A. Wallace Tashima, Susan P. Graber, and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges

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