Streit v. Parker

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a district court should not reject an affidavit 7 that is merely contradictory under the sham affidavit doctrine in light of the jury’s role in resolving questions of credibility
• “An affidavit that supplements rather than contradicts prior deposition testimony falls outside the doctrine’s ambit.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “We review a district court’s exclusion or admission of evidence—including application of the sham-affidavit doctrine— . . . subject to harmless-error review.”
• “[T]he sham-affidavit doctrine is not applicable when discrepancies between an affidavit and other testimony can be reconciled . . . .”
• “On summary judgment, all facts and reasonable inferences are construed in favor of the nonmovant, and the court should not weigh evidence or make credibility findings.”
• “On summary judgment, all facts and reasonable inferences are construed in favor of the nonmovant, and the court should not weigh evidence or make credibility findings.”

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