No. 22-210October Term 2022Decided May 25, 2023
Dupree v. Younger
The Supreme Court held that a party does not need to file a post-trial motion to preserve a purely legal issue for appeal if that issue was already rejected at the summary judgment stage.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 25, 2023
- What it's about
The Supreme Court held that a party does not need to file a post-trial motion to preserve a purely legal issue for appeal if that issue was already rejected at the summary judgment stage. This clarifies the procedural rules for appealing legal questions versus factual disputes.
Question presented
To preserve the issue for appellate review, must a party reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Decision released May 25, 2023
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
- Methodology
Primary materials8
Supreme Court docket 22-210
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Primary case document
Supreme Court document | Mar 30, 2026
CourtListener docket record
docket | Mar 30, 2026
Questions Presented
brief | Mar 8, 2026
Dupree
opinion | May 25, 2023
opinion
opinion | May 25, 2023
Petition
brief | Sep 6, 2022
Lower Court Orders/Opinions
order | May 13, 2022