Opinion ID: 420942
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Summary Judgment Summary

Text: 60 Summary judgment is, of course, Damoclean and lethal. It can serve as a quick sword untangling the Gordian knot of litigation. Nicholas Acoustics, 695 F.2d at 844. We are persuaded that the district court's use of the beneficent scalpel provided by Fed.R.Civ.P. 56 was proper in all respects. When Nicolet abandoned its theories of successorship liability and contribution or indemnity by failing to raise genuine issues of material fact, the district court properly focused on the theory that was contested by both parties. After examining the parties' supporting affidavits, the district court concluded that Nicolet had failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact with regard to T & N's asserted alter ego liability. Accordingly, the district court entered summary judgment for T & N. For the reasons stated above, we affirm that grant of summary judgment.