FONTENOT v. UPJOHN CO.

No. 85-4201.

780 F.2d 1190 (1986)

Marian FONTENOT, etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The UPJOHN COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duro J. Duplechin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Graham N. Smith, Timothy J. McNamara, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, RANDALL, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

The question presented is whether the district court may render summary judgment against a party who will bear the burden of proof of an essential element of its case at trial but is unable, in response to a motion for summary judgment, to produce any evidence, direct or circumstantial, on that issue; or to identify any witness who will testify in her favor on the issue; or to produce any evidence that might create an inference in her...

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