Court Opinion

ID: 9455851
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 19:35:32.989512+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:34:45.689060
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*603EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge
(concurring):
I concur in the judgment on the understanding that nothing in Judge Hufstedler’s able opinion disturbs the well-settled rule that affidavits not in compliance with Rule 56(e) may be considered by the trial court in the absence of an objection by counsel. Noblett v. General Electric Corp., 400 F.2d 442 (10th Cir. 1968); Auto Drive-Away Co. of Hialeah, Inc. v. Interstate Commerce Comm’n, 360 F.2d 446 (5th Cir. 1966); United States for the .use and Benefit of Austin v. Western Electric Co., 337 F.2d 568 (9th Cir. 1964) ; Klingman v. National Indemnity Co., 317 F.2d 850 (7th Cir. 1963); Mitchell v. Dooley Bros., 286 F.2d 40 (1st Cir. 1960); 6 J. Moore, Federal Practice ¶ 56.22 [1] at 2817-18 (2d Ed. 1966); 3 W. Barron & A. Holtzoff, Federal Practice § 1237 at 171-72 (Wright ed. 1958).
Inadmissible affidavits are no different from inadmissible evidence. They may be stricken in the discretion of the trial judge, but will support a judgment if he elects to consider them and no objection is made.