A. Leon Higginbotham Jr.
Judge Higginbotham no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Order of the Board will be vacated and this case will be remanded to the Board for the entry of an order consistent with this opinion.”
“For the reasons stated above, we will reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for the entry of a summary judgment in favor of appellant.”
“We will also vacate the judgments and sentences for first degree assault and remand Counts IV, V and VI to the district court to enter judgments of conviction for third degree assault and to re-sentence Petersen appropriately. On all other counts we will affirm.”
“We will reverse the judgment of the district court that granted appellee’s motion for summary judgment and remand these proceedings to the district court for trial.”
“Because the controlling precedent forecloses any other option, the order of the district court will be reversed and the case remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“For the reasons stated herein, we will affirm the district court’s summary judgment ruling in favor of GAF.”
“Therefore, we will affirm the order of the district court.”
“We therefore will affirm the judgment and sentence below.”
“we will grant WUL’s request for attorneys’ fees.”
“we will affirm the order of the district court in favor of Dorothy G. Wolf against National Shopmen Pension Fund in the amount and with the directions contained in that order.”
“Accordingly, we will affirm the judgments of the district court.”
“For the foregoing reasons the judgment of the district court will be affirmed.”
A historical record
Judge Higginbotham 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.