According to a 2006 study of Federal district courts, > Summary judgment motions are filed in fewer cases than the bench and bar might expect. They are filed i

According to a 2006 study of Federal district courts, > Summary judgment motions are filed in fewer cases than the bench and bar might expect. They are filed in approximately 13.7% of cases, with this proportion varying between 9.7% and 22% depending on the district. Thus, summary judgment motions are not filed in every case in the federal courts, as it sometimes seems to judges and lawyers [1] https://iaals.du.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publications/efficiency_in_motion_summary_judgment.pdf https://iaals.du.edu/sites/default/files/documents/publicati... EDIT: Correction, study published in 2018 of cases closed in 2015. Not sure where 2006 came from....