SCHERING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant,
v.
HOME INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted June 1, 1983.
Decided June 21, 1983.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City (Barry H. Garfinkel, Sheila L. Birnbaum, Irene A. Sullivan, Barbara Wrubel, Jeffrey S. Lichtman, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.
Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City (Edwin J. Wesely, Eloise L. Morgan, Virginia G. Shubert, Susan J. Kohlmann, Henry R. Simon, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal. (E. Judge Elderkin, William R. Irwin, Donald W. Brown, Tom M. Freeman, L. Christopher Vejnoska, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel) and Anderson, Russell, Kill & Olick, P.C., New York City (Eugene R. Anderson, Jerold Oshinsky, New York City, of counsel), for amici curiae Fireboard Corp., et al.
Santarelli & Gimer, Washington, D.C. (Richard H. Gimer, Washington, D.C., of counsel); Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal. (Stephen McReavy, Lee H. Cliff, Jeffrey Kaufman, San Francisco, Cal., of counsel); Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C. (Dennis M. Flannery, Carol H. Fishman, Washington, D.C., of counsel) and Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio (Gerald V. Weigle, Jr., Janet R. Eaton, David H. Beaver, Cincinnati, Ohio, of counsel), for amici curiae Commercial Union Ins. Companies, Firemen's Fund Ins. Co.; Ins. Co. of North America, and Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.
Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (Robert N. Sayler, Edward J. Beder, Jr., John G. Buchanan, III, Washington, D.C. of counsel); Clifford & Warnke, Washington, D.C. (Harold D. Murry, Jr., John G. Calender, Washington, D.C., of counsel); Rogovin, Huge & Lenzner, Washington, D.C. (Harry Huge, Saul B. Goodman, Washington, D.C., of counsel); Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City (Robert S. Rifkind, Louis M. Solomon, New York City, of counsel); The Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Mich., (Kenneth M. Cyrus, Kalamazoo, Mich., of counsel); Slade & Pellman, New York City (John F. Triggs, Anthony P. Coles, New York City, of counsel) and E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc., Princeton, N.J. (Robert C. Johnston, Princeton, N.J., of counsel), for amici curiae The Upjohn Co., Abbott Laboratories, Emons Industries, Inc. and E.R. Squibb & Sons, Inc.
Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, Conn. (Thomas J. Groark, Allan B. Taylor and Eve Cutler Rosen, Hartford, Conn., of counsel) for amicus curiae Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
Before KAUFMAN, PRATT and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:
When a motion for summary judgment presents complex legal issues with far-reaching implications, a judge must balance two competing goals. Confronted with the prospect of lengthy pre-trial proceedings that postpone the day of judgment, the district court must conserve judicial resources by promptly resolving those matters in which "no genuine issue as to any material fact" is presented. Fed.R.Civ.P. 56(c). At the same time, justice requires...
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