Wilfred Feinberg
How Judge Feinberg rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Feinberg no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Feinberg decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Read securities-fraud standing under Rule 10b-5 broadly, rejecting a revived 'privity' requirement: the purchaser-seller rule limits who may sue, not who may be sued, so those who fraudulently induce a purchase are not exempt merely because they were not the sellers.
“the rule does not require that defendant be the seller of the stock or that plaintiff have purchased the stock from defendant.”
Procedural preferences
Structured constitutional tort analysis around a single threshold question, resolving whether any officer violated the plaintiff's rights before reaching municipal (Monell) liability or supplemental state-law claims.
“The first two claims depend on a single threshold question: did the officers’ actions violate Matican’s constitutional rights?”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The petition for review is denied.”
“Case remanded for further appropriate proceedings.”
“Petition for review denied and cross-application for enforcement granted.”
“Accordingly, we dismiss the petitions for review.”
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
A historical record
Judge Feinberg 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.