How to Use summary judgment in a Sentence

summary judgment

noun
  • The court has set a deadline for next week for both sides to request summary judgment.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 14 Feb. 2018
  • Meredith last year sought summary judgment to have the case thrown out for lack of merit.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 9 Mar. 2022
  • But the state could still prevail at the summary judgment stage, or at trial.
    — Washington Post, 15 June 2018
  • 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
  • Not so fast, Kessler insists in the summary judgment brief.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Now, his only chance to avoid trial this fall is to request a summary judgment.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 12 Jan. 2022
  • 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
  • Each side in the class-action lawsuit asked for a summary judgment in their favor.
    — Fortune, 22 Feb. 2020
  • But before that, the plaintiffs plan to seek summary judgment.
    — Nick Anderson, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2018
  • The states won a summary judgment last week, but the money has not been delivered.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
  • 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
  • The five made a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims.
    — Evan MacDonald, cleveland.com, 16 Feb. 2018
  • But even Brnovich’s order on the summary judgment is sealed from public view.
    — Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 14 Sep. 2021
  • Lawyers for Hughes sought a summary judgment in their client’s favor last month.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • 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 issue will be decided at summary judgment, the court said.
    — Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
  • The city and the officers filed a motion for summary judgment to dismiss the case.
    — John Wilkens, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 Apr. 2018
  • The league had requested the summary judgment to end the grievance.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2018
  • Pulliam held a hearing in late March to take up the motions for summary judgment.
    — Guillermo Contreras, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • If the lawsuit survives the summary judgment stage, the city could win an enormous amount at trial.
    — Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • With months to go and some summary judgments to be dealt with, witnesses have not been formally called yet.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But an appeals court reversed this ruling, while Swift sought a summary judgment to end the case.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Then the court will decide whether to issue a summary judgment on the lawsuit or proceed to trial.
    — Kate King, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2021
  • 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
  • But on remand to a lower court, Barnes’s estate lost on summary judgment.
    — Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The two sides are preparing for a motion of summary judgment in the fall, when the judge will decide if the case will go to trial.
    — Charlotte Alter, Time, 18 June 2025
  • 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 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
  • 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 New York judge in the case has yet to issue a ruling on each side’s motions for summary judgment.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025

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