Richard D. Hoover v. Switlik Parachute Company, Co-Defendant-Appellant, Pioneer Systems, Inc., Co-Defendant-Appellee

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• holding that deposition testimony that has not been subject to cross-examination by the party opposing its introduction can be considered for summary judgment purposes if it meets the requirements for an affidavit
• finding depositions from separate cases “were the equivalent of affidavits” and appropriate for the court to consider at summary judgment
• “Rule 56 . . . plainly allows consideration of “affidavits” and we find nothing which requires that term to be construed within the limitations of Rule 32(a).”
• “Even where no evidence is presented in opposition to 2 the motion, summary judgment should not be granted if the evidence in support of the motion is 3 insufficient.”

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