How to Use summary judgment in a Sentence

summary judgment

noun

• Bill Moffatt and Alaska Right to Life pushed for a summary judgment to end the rest of the case.
  — Lisa Phu, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022
• At the Carmelite convent and the Abbaye jail in Paris, the crowd killed the priests, after summary judgment, with swords, knives, and clubs.
  — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019
• Trump's attorneys, in their own summary judgment bid, had asked the judge to throw out the case.
  — Michael R. Sisak The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2023
• The city has not conceded to any of the claims and the judge has yet to rule on Harris' motion for summary judgment.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2018
• The city and the officers filed a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case.
  — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Last week, the judge denied the NCAA’s motion for a summary judgment.
  — Michael McCann, SI.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• The judge in that case has been fully briefed on the DOJ's motion for summary judgment but has not yet ruled on the motion.
  — Paula Reid, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
• But the state could still prevail at the summary judgment stage, or at trial.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2018
• The judge’s ruling on the summary judgment motion against Bryant could come as soon as next month.
  — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 22 Nov. 2021
• Meredith last year sought summary judgment to have the case thrown out for lack of merit.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 9 Mar. 2022
• The league had requested the summary judgment to end the grievance.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
• Gaines counter sued two years ago and the judge denied Lewis and Clark’s request for summary judgment.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 15 May 2020
• In legal terms, summary judgment means the case was ruled upon by a judge who sided with the city.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 4 May 2022
• The civil case would have been over had the judge ruled in favor of the county on its motion for summary judgment.
  — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2022
• The case was so straightforward that the judge had ruled for Lenny on summary judgment before the trial.
  — Amanda J. Crawford, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
• For their parts, the defendants have filed for a summary judgment, asking the court to resolve the case now in their favor.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
• The district court ruled that Moore failed to prove his case and granted the city’s motion for summary judgment in its favor.
  — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, 29 July 2019
• The Supreme Court also ruled the summary judgment granted to the Delavans by the district court must be readdressed.
  — USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2019
• Pulliam held a hearing in late March to take up the motions for summary judgment.
  — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2022
• Each side in the class-action lawsuit asked for a summary judgment in their favor.
  — Fortune, 22 Feb. 2020
• But an appeals court reversed this ruling, while Swift sought a summary judgment to end the case.
  — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Dec. 2021
• But even Brnovich’s order on the summary judgment is sealed from public view.
  — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
• The judge granted summary judgment to the Office for Civil Rights.
  — Jenny Deam, Houston Chronicle, 19 June 2018
• But before that, the plaintiffs plan to seek summary judgment.
  — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
• In March, Harry sought summary judgment — to win the case without going to trial — and tried to knock out the Mail's defense but a judge didn't buy it.
  — TIME, 19 Jan. 2024
• Williams’ ruling came in a motion for summary judgment by Yale that sought to have the court decide the suit in the school’s favor without a trial.
  — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2024
• Then the court will decide whether to issue a summary judgment on the lawsuit or proceed to trial.
  — Kate King, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
• Now, his only chance to avoid trial this fall is to request a summary judgment.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 Jan. 2022
• For its part, Meta filed a motion for summary judgment, stating that the FTC has no evidence to support its claims.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2024
• The summary judgment by the Vatican can only be undone by a ruling of the pope or the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith acting in his name.
  — Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post, 5 July 2024

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024