Court Opinion

ID: 9629227
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:39:27.889749+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:13:05.388780
License: Public Domain

ELLETT, Retired Justice
(concurs in the result with reservation):
I concur in the result, but wish to state that while the sentence in paragraph 14 of the main opinion correctly states what this Court has held in a number of cases, to wit: “[S]uch a motion [Summary Judgment] should not be granted unless it appears to a certainty that the plaintiff would be entitled to no relief under any state of facts which could be proved in support of the claim,” such is not the law.
All that is required to render a summary judgment is a determination that there exists no genuine issue as to any material fact in the case, and that a party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law (see Rule 56(c), U.R.C.P.).
What a party might prove in support of his claim is of no concern to the Court unless an issue is raised thereon prior to the ruling on the Motion for Summary Judgment.
MAUGHAN and WILKINS, JJ., having disqualified themselves, do not participate herein.