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DONAHUE v. WINDSOR LOCKS BD. OF FIRE COM'RS

No. 90, Docket 87-7345.

834 F.2d 54 (1987)

John C. DONAHUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WINDSOR LOCKS BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS, John R. Colli, Jr., Russell C. Gabrielson, and John R. Colli, III, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 25, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregg D. Adler, Kestell, Pogue, & Gould, Hartford, Conn. (Susan Price-Livingston, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

James J. Szerejko, Halloran, Sage, Phelon & Hagarty, Hartford, Conn. (Lisbeth R. Spoll, Paul W. Smith, Windsor Locks, Conn., Andrew O'Keefe, Jackson, O'Keefe & Dunn, Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, PIERCE and MINER, Circuit Judges.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The fundamental obligation of the federal courts is to adjudicate disputes. Not all controversies present triable issues, however, and the courts have a responsibility to vigilantly weed out those cases that do not merit further judicial attention. The procedural tool of summary judgment enables courts to terminate meritless claims, but this potent instrument must be used with the precision of a scalpel. The courts must take care...

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