Opinion ID: 777087
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Text: 15 A motion for summary judgment can only be allowed if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories, and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). In ruling on the motion the district court must view the facts in the light most favorable to the non-moving party, drawing all reasonable inferences in that party's favor. Barbour v. Dynamics Research Corp., 63 F.3d 32, 36 (1st Cir.1995). 16 The standards are the same where, as here, both parties have moved for summary judgment. The court must rule on each party's motion on an individual and separate basis, determining, for each side, whether a judgment may be entered in accordance with the Rule 56 standard. 10A Charles Alan Wright, Arthur R. Miller & Mary Kay Kane, Federal Practice and Procedure § 2720, at 335-36 (3d ed.1998). 17 On appeal, we review the district court's ruling on cross-motions for summary judgment de novo. Wightman v. Springfield Term. Ry. Co., 100 F.3d 228, 230 (1st Cir.1996).