Ferring B.V. v. Allergan, Inc., No. 20-1098 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 10, 2020)

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When a district court enters judgment at the summary judgment stage, it is at times difficult to discern on appeal whether the nonmovant failed to raise sufficient factual disputes to prevent judgment or the court acted despite such disputes. Where the matter adjudged is a quintessen- tially fact-laden one, such as the equitable matter at issue here, it is especially important that we guard against a rush to judgment. We conclude that such a rush to judg- ment happened here.