Judge Janet Bond Arterton, who wrote the district court opinion, cavalierly dispensed with a trial on the facts, issuing instead a summary judgment.

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Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White denied a motion by CBS for a summary judgment, which would have ended the lawsuit.

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Last April, a judge ruled that the suit needed to go to trial by jury and denied Gonzalez's request for a summary judgment.

CNN: January 26, 2013 -- Updated 0328 GMT (1128 HKT)