Morton I. Greenberg

How Judge Greenberg rules, drawn from 31 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Greenberg no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Position
Circuit judge
Status
Deceased
Served
1987–2021
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Commissioned
March 23, 1987
Education
University of Pennsylvania (A.B., 1954); Yale Law School (LL.B., 1957)
Signed orders read
31

About Judge Greenberg

Morton Ira Greenberg was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, Judge Greenberg received a commission on March 23, 1987. Judge Greenberg assumed senior status on June 30, 2000 and served until death on January 28, 2021.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

United States v. McKenzie
98-6337 · 1999-09-22
Appeal (appellant (defendant David Christopher McKenzie)) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons the judgment of conviction and sentence entered November 4,1998, will be affirmed.”

Jenkins v. Morton
97-5801 · 1998-06-30
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Hassan Jenkins, prisoner)) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons we will reverse the order of the district court entered November 21, 1997, and will remand the case to that court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

Stackhouse v. Mazurkiewicz
91-5551 · 1991-12-11
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Stephen Stackhouse, prisoner)) Granted

“The order of February 13, 1991, will be reversed and the matter will be remanded to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

United States v. Aaron Thomas
94-1236 · 1994-12-20
Appeal (appellant (defendant Aaron Thomas)) Denied

“The judgment of conviction and sentence of April 26, 1994, will be affirmed.”

Smith v. Johnson and Johnson
09-1223 · 2010-02-02
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Patty Lee Smith)) Denied

“The District Court’s order of December 30, 2009 in No. 09-1223 will be affirmed and J & J’s cross-appeal in No. 09-1292 will be dismissed.”

United States v. Foy
11-1490 · 2015-10-05
Appeal (appellant (Joaquin Foy, civilly committed)) Moot / procedural

“we will vacate the District Court’s order entered on December 7, 2010, denying Foy’s Rule 60 motion and will remand the case to the Eastern District Court for it to consider whether to transfer the case to the Western District of Missouri.”

United States v. Joseph P. Donahue
13-4767 · 2014-08-22
Appeal (appellant (United States)) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, we will reverse the District Court’s November 19, 2013 order suppressing evidence found in the Ford Mustang.”

Rahman v. Kid Brands, Inc.
12-4257 · 2013-11-15
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Shah Rahman)) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, we will affirm the District Court’s order of October 17, 2012, dismissing Rahman’s second amended complaint with prejudice.”

Stevens v. Santander Holdings USA Inc.
14-1481 · 2015-08-24
Appeal (appellants (Santander Holdings USA Inc. and Liberty Life Assurance Co.)) Moot / procedural

“For the foregoing reasons, we will dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction and will remand the case to the District Court for further proceedings.”

Houck v. Stickman
05-4580 · 2010-11-17
Appeal (appellant (petitioner LaFond James Houck)) Denied

“we will affirm the order of the District Court dated August 15, 2005, and entered on August 16, 2005, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.”

Allstate Property & Casualty Insurance Co. v. Squires
11-1664 · 2012-01-26
Appeal (appellant (defendant Larry G. Squires, insured)) Granted

“We therefore will reverse the District Court’s order of March 2, 2011, granting Allstate’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissing Squires’s counterclaims and will remand the case to the District Court for further proceedings.”

Kelly v. Borough of Sayreville
96-5334 · 1997-03-05
Appeal (appellant (plaintiff Charles Kelly)) Denied

“Accordingly, the district court properly dismissed the complaint. Therefore, we will affirm the district court’s order of May 10, 1996.”

A historical record

Judge Greenberg 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.