Charles Fletcher Johnson
How Judge Johnson rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Johnson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Johnson
Charles Fletcher Johnson was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Judge Johnson received a commission on October 1, 1917. Judge Johnson assumed senior status on April 30, 1929 and served until death on February 15, 1930.
How Judge Johnson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Simon v. Massachusetts Trust Co., he affirmed denial of a bankruptcy discharge after finding that the debtor's concealment or destruction of records from the corporation he controlled supported an inference that he intended to conceal his own financial condition.
“As the bankrupt owned all tlie stock of the .corporation, it was only the instrumentality chosen by him for conducting his business”
In Cohen v. Goldman, he reversed dismissal of a bankruptcy trustee's preference claim because the allegation that the defendant had reasonable cause to believe the payments would effect a preference was sufficient under the statute.
“It follows the language of the act, and under it the appellant can introduce evidence of all facts and circumstances”
Procedural preferences
Presumes a correct charge and sufficient evidence when the appellant omits the testimony and instructions from the record.
“Where the testimony and the charge are not made a part of the bill of exceptions, it must be assumed that the evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict and that correct instructions were given by the court.”
Limits review of immigration findings to whether substantial evidence supports the administrative decision, rather than reweighing testimony.
“It is not our province to weigh testimony, but to determine whether there was any substantial evidence which would support their decision.”
Cautions
In Agenjo v. Agenjo, Johnson enforced the statutory requirement that authorization to sell a minor’s land come from the district where the property lay and reversed the Puerto Rico court’s judgment.
“this cannot be overridden by judicial interpretation.”
In Rice v. United States, Johnson held the search warrant defective because it failed to describe even generally the property to be seized and reversed the resulting judgment.
“the warrant in the present case was defective because of a failure to describe, even in the most general way, the property *481to be seized”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with interest, and the appellee recovers his costs of appeal.”
“The order of the District Court is affirmed, with costs to the appellee in this court.”
“The decree of the District Court is reversed, and the case is remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion; the appellant to recover his costs of appeal.”
“The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with costs in this court to the apipellee.”
“The judgment of the Supreme Court of Porto Rico is reversed, with costs in this court to the appellants, and the case is remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“The decree of the District Court is reversed, with costs to the appellant in this court, and the case is remanded to the District Court for further proceeding's not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“The decree of the District Court is affirmed, with costs to the appellee.”
“The judgment of the District Court is affirmed, with costs in this, court to the defendant in error.”
“The judgment of the District Court is reversed, the verdict set aside, and the case remanded to that court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“The decree of the District Court is hereby affirmed.”
“The order of the District Court is affirmed, with costs in this court to the trustee in bankruptcy.”
A historical record
Judge Johnson no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.