Widmyer v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “to defeat a motion for summary judgment, evidence, including testimony, must be based on more than mere speculation, conjecture, or surmise” (quotation cleaned up)
• explaining that “the nonmovant may not evade summary judgment by speculating about possibilities or hypotheticals that have de minimis to no support in the record”
• neglecting to refer to many of Mr. Shaw’s exhibits, such as exhibits 25–27, 50, etc.
• “To defeat a motion for summary judgment, evidence, including testimony, must be based on more than mere speculation, conjecture, or surmise.” (quotation cleaned up)
• “[A]n inference is unreasonable if it requires a degree of speculation and conjecture that renders [the factfinder’s] findings a guess or mere possibility.” (citation omitted)
• “We routinely have declined to consider arguments that are not raised, or are inadequately presented, in an appellant’s opening brief.” (quotations and alterations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).