Rita Florian Pingree v. University of Utah and Caroline Milne

Summary

The United States District Court for the District of Utah denied Defendants’ motion for judicial notice under Federal Rule of Evidence 201. The court held that statements in its prior summary judgment ruling were not adjudicated facts and remained subject to reasonable dispute, although the court could instruct the jury on prior legal rulings where appropriate.

Holdings

1. The court denied judicial notice because Defendants did not show that the purported facts were not subject to reasonable dispute under Federal Rule of Evidence 201(b).

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should take judicial notice under Federal Rule of Evidence 201(b) of statements characterized by Defendants as facts from the court's prior summary judgment ruling.
2. Whether statements in a summary judgment ruling resolving the existence of genuine disputes of material fact constitute facts not subject to reasonable dispute.

Disposition

denied