William Edward Doyle

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit circuit Deceased · served 1971–1984 Appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican) 28 signed orders read

Judge Doyle no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

How Judge Doyle decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Cautions

Will reverse a criminal conviction for ineffective assistance of counsel where defense counsel failed to conduct a pretrial factual investigation, treating reasonable diligence and skill as the governing test.

“Reasonable diligence and skill is the test!”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Little v. Texaco, Inc.
· 1972-02-22
Appeal (plaintiff-appellant) Denied

“Its judgment is affirmed.”

Moore v. Anderson
· 1973-03-16
Appeal (petitioner-appellant) Denied

“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”

United States v. Bertram
· 1973-04-27
Appeal (defendant-appellant) Denied

“The judgment is affirmed.”

Basso v. Utah Power and Light Co.
· 1974-04-10
Appeal (defendant-appellant) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, the case is remanded to the District Court with directions to vacate judgment and assess costs and attorneys' fees against the defendant.”

Sanchez v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
· 1974-06-21
Appeal (plaintiff-appellant) Granted

“The judgment is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings in accordance with the views expressed herein.”

Suggs v. Daggett
· 1975-07-30
Appeal (respondent-appellant) Granted

“The judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein.”

Climax Molybdenum Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
· 1976-07-26
Appeal (defendant-appellant) Denied

“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”

Mayes v. Honn
· 1976-10-07
Appeal (plaintiff-appellant) Denied

“we conclude that the judgment should be and is hereby affirmed.”

AMF Head Division of AMF, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
· 1977-10-20
Appeal (appellant-agency) Granted

“The judgment of the district court must be and the same is hereby reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein.”

Enfield v. Kleppe
· 1977-12-16
Appeal (defendant-appellant) Granted

“The judgment of the district court must be reversed and the cause must be remanded with directions to the trial court to deny relief to the plaintiff-appellee and to enter judgment for the defendant.”

Pueblo of Isleta ex rel. Lucero v. Universal Constructors, Inc.
· 1978-01-17
Appeal (plaintiff-appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings consistent with the views expressed herein.”

United States v. Wagstaff
· 1978-03-20
Appeal (appellant-United-States) Granted

“The judgment of the district court is, therefore, reversed and the cause is remanded with directions to the court to reinstate the indictment and proceed with the trial.”

A historical record

Judge Doyle no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.