Leonard I. Garth
How Judge Garth rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Garth no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Garth
Leonard I. Garth was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, Judge Garth received a commission on August 6, 1973. Judge Garth previously served on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, commissioned there on December 18, 1969. Judge Garth assumed senior status on June 30, 1986 and served until death on September 22, 2016.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Because we conclude that the District Court erred in the threshold suppression determination prescribed by the Brady analysis, we will reverse the District Court’s grant of a new trial.”
“we will thus affirm the District Court’s denial of his request for collateral relief.”
“The Petition for Review will therefore be granted.”
“Concluding that the police impermissibly created the very exigency which they claim permitted the warrantless search, we hold that the exigent circumstances exception to the warrant requirement is not applicable here.”
“We will deny Mr. Romanishyn’s petition for review.”
“we will vacate the March 13, 2006 order of the District Court and remand with directions to conduct further proceedings, as necessary, to determine whether any of the plaintiffs has standing and if not, to dismiss the complaint without prejudice.”
“Therefore, we deny the petition for review.”
“we will affirm the jury’s verdict as to all four defendants, and remand only for resentencing of Murray, Resto, and Hardwick consistent with the Justice Department policy memorandum.”
“The District Court correctly granted summary judgment in favor of appellee Secretary and against appellant UPMC, and we will affirm its judgment.”
“For the reasons given above, we will affirm the judgment of the District Court.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not carry a trial caseload; not enumerated.
A historical record
Judge Garth 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.