Thursday, January 21st, 2010
9th Cir: Successive Rule 56 Motions are OK
The 9th Circuit, this morning,approved successive summary judgment motions:
We have held, relying on Supreme Court guidance in the realm of qualified immunity, that a district court may permit successive motions for summary judgment on qualified immunity. [] We have also assumed the propriety of successive motions for summary judgment outside the context of qualified immunity. See […]