Task: songer_summary

What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. You will be asked a question pertaining to issues that may appear in any civil law cases including civil government, civil private, and diversity cases. The issue is: "Did the court's ruling on the appropriateness of summary judgment or the denial of summary judgment favor the appellant?" Answer the question based on the directionality of the appeals court decision. If the court discussed the issue in its opinion and answered the related question in the affirmative, answer "Yes". If the issue was discussed and the opinion answered the question negatively, answer "No". If the opinion considered the question but gave a mixed answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part, answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion does not discuss the issue, or notes that a particular issue was raised by one of the litigants but the court dismissed the issue as frivolous or trivial or not worthy of discussion for some other reason, answer "Issue not discussed". If the opinion considered the question but gave a "mixed" answer, supporting the respondent in part and supporting the appellant in part (or if two issues treated separately by the court both fell within the area covered by one question and the court answered one question affirmatively and one negatively), answer "Mixed answer". If the opinion either did not consider or discuss the issue at all or if the opinion indicates that this issue was not worthy of consideration by the court of appeals even though it was discussed by the lower court or was raised in one of the briefs, answer "Issue not discussed".

PER CURIAM.
On the hearing of this appeal counsel for appellee was not present and no brief having been filed on behalf of appellee, the appeal was heard upon the record and the brief and oral argument of attorney for the appellants;
And the Court being advised, it is now ordered that the order of June 22, 1950 herein appealed from be modified by the elimination therefrom of the following words in the second literary paragraph thereof:
“copies of all tax returns (including state employment and Federal Income, excess profits, with-holding, social security, payroll, excise and amusement or admission tax), and all related documents, memoranda and supporting data and all other documents, correspondence, papers, and memoranda kept recorded” and the words “all material” in the sentence starting with the words “Including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing.”
And as so modified, the order be and is affirmed. Hickman v. Taylor, 329 U.S. 495, 507, 67 S.Ct. 385, 91 L.Ed. 451; Annotation 8 A.L.R.2d 1134; Garrett v. Fau, D.C., 8 F.R.D. 556; Welty v. Clute, D.C., 2 F.R.D. 429; O’Connell v. Olsen & Ugelstadt, D.C., 10 F.R.D. 142.

Question: Did the court's ruling on the appropriateness of summary judgment or the denial of summary judgment favor the appellant?
A. No
B. Yes
C. Mixed answer
D. Issue not discussed
Answer:

Answer: D