PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Summary Judgment & Summary Adjudication
......Ruling on Motion
.........Specify Grounds if Denial
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Order must not only list grounds for denial, but also refer to evidence in support of and in opposition to motion which indicate triable controversy exists.

Requirement that ct. list material facts in controversy and specifically refer to supporting and opposing evidence forces ct. forced to distinguish legal from factual issues.

Order must identify evidentiary conflict by reference to evidence in support of particular asserted fact and evidence in opposition to that fact.