Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Louis H. Catrett, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
826 F.2d 33 (D.C. Cir. 1987)
After the Supreme Court in the companion Celotex Corp. v. Catrett decision clarified that a summary judgment movant need not affirmatively disprove the nonmovant's case, the case returned to the D.C. Circuit to determine whether Catrett's (plaintiff) evidence against Celotex (defendant) was actually sufficient to survive summary judgment on remand; Catrett had submitted a letter from an executive indicating her husband worked with an asbestos-containing Celotex product called Firebar for about a year, along with a listed witness who could testify to related facts.
Whether a nonmoving party's evidentiary showing in opposition to summary judgment is sufficient to defeat the motion if that same showing would be adequate to carry the nonmovant's burden of proof at trial.