context: Summary judgment is inappropriate where there are issues of motive and intent as related to material facts.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: summary judgment is to be issued "sparingly" in litigation "where motive and intent play leading roles."
citation_a.sentence: See Poller v. Columbia Broad. Sys., 368 U.S. 464, 473, 82 S.Ct. 486, 7 L.Ed.2d 458 (1962) (summary judgment is to be issued “sparingly” in litigation “where motive and intent play leading roles.”); see also Pullman-Standard v. Swint, 456 U.S. 273, 288, 102 S.Ct. 1781, 72 L.Ed.2d 66 (1982) (“[Fjindings as to design, motive and intent with which men act [are] peculiarly factual issues for the trier of fact.”); Dominguez-Cruz v. Suttle Caribe, Inc., 202 F.3d 424, 433 (1st Cir.2000) (finding that “determinations of motive and intent .... are questions better suited for the jury”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 456 U.S. 273, 288
citation_b.parenthetical: "[Fjindings as to design, motive and intent with which men act [are] peculiarly factual issues for the trier of fact."
citation_b.sentence: See Poller v. Columbia Broad. Sys., 368 U.S. 464, 473, 82 S.Ct. 486, 7 L.Ed.2d 458 (1962) (summary judgment is to be issued “sparingly” in litigation “where motive and intent play leading roles.”); see also Pullman-Standard v. Swint, 456 U.S. 273, 288, 102 S.Ct. 1781, 72 L.Ed.2d 66 (1982) (“[Fjindings as to design, motive and intent with which men act [are] peculiarly factual issues for the trier of fact.”); Dominguez-Cruz v. Suttle Caribe, Inc., 202 F.3d 424, 433 (1st Cir.2000) (finding that “determinations of motive and intent .... are questions better suited for the jury”).