Albert Branson Maris
How Judge Maris rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Maris no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Maris
Albert Branson Maris was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Judge Maris received a commission on June 24, 1938. Judge Maris previously served on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, commissioned there on June 22, 1936. Judge Maris assumed senior status on December 31, 1958 and served until death on February 7, 1989.
How Judge Maris decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In In re Berkeley Press, he affirmed one district court ruling and found its analysis needed no addition.
“The action of the district court was clearly right and nothing need be added to what was said in its opinion.”
In Henry v. Perry, he assessed qualified immunity by asking whether a reasonable officer could have believed the conduct lawful under clearly established law.
“whether a reasonable person could have believed the defendant’s action to be lawful in light of clearly established law and the information he possessed.”
Procedural preferences
Requires judgments to be stated clearly and entered on the docket before they become effective.
“such an order or judgment should be framed in clear and definitive form and that it must be entered in the docket of the court”
In Veteto’s pro se prisoner suit, he vacated a pre-service dismissal for failure to exhaust and remanded so the plaintiff could amend the complaint with more specific exhaustion facts and the court could develop the record if needed.
“the case should be remanded to enable the plaintiff, if so minded, to amend his complaint so as to supply more specific facts on this subject”
Cautions
In Bullock’s prisoner civil-rights appeal, he held that requiring a $4 filing payment from the plaintiff’s $4.76 in cash assets was an abuse of discretion, and ordered the complaint reinstated without prepayment.
“the order of the court requiring the plaintiff to pay $4.00 of his $4.76 cash assets was an abuse of discretion”
In Lindy v. Lynn, he vacated the judgment and directed dismissal for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction.
“The judgment of the district court will be vacated and the cause remanded with directions to dismiss the complaint for want of jurisdiction.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the order of the court below must be Affirmed.”
“The decree of the court below is affirmed.”
“The order of the district court is affirmed.”
“The order appealed from in No. 7958 is affirmed. The order appealed from in No. 8015 is reversed and the cause is remanded for further proceedings.”
“The order of the district court is affirmed.”
“The motion to dismiss the appeal is denied.”
“The judgment of the district court is affirmed.”
“as so modified it will be affirmed.”
“The decision of the Tax Court will be affirmed.”
“The decision of the Tax Court will be reversed and the cause will be remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
A historical record
Judge Maris 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.