Albert John Henderson
Judge Henderson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Henderson decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Henderson required a concrete, reasonable basis for detention rather than a broad description that could sweep in innocent customers.
“Merchants may detain suspected shoplifters, but they must have some reasonable basis to suspect the person held.”
He treated use of the governing legal standard as independently reviewable and required enough explanation to confirm that the correct principles controlled.
“Failure to apply the correct legal standard or to provide this court with a sufficient basis to determine that appropriate legal principles have been followed is grounds for reversal.”
Procedural preferences
Henderson treated the absence of any remaining effective remedy as requiring dismissal of an appeal as moot.
“If later events preclude the grant of effective relief, the appeal must be dismissed as moot.”
Cautions
He enforced contractual limits on arbitral authority once the arbitrator found the condition that authorized discharge.
“once the arbitrator found the prerequisite for discharge to be present, his authority over the matter ceased.”
Henderson looked to actual discretion and policy control rather than titles or workplace privileges when assessing managerial status.
“These accommodations are not determinative of a managerial position where, as here, his exercise of discretion and judgment was circumscribed by established policy.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The decision of the district court is accordingly REVERSED and REMANDED as to Reiser with directions to dismiss for want of subject matter jurisdiction. As to the other appellants the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.”
“We therefore VACATE the order of the district court, and REMAND with directions to remit the forfeiture to $30,000.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Henderson 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.