Robert E. Cowen
How Judge Cowen rules, drawn from 28 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cowen no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Cowen
Robert E. Cowen served on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit after receiving his commission on November 9, 1987. He assumed senior status on September 4, 1998, and inactive status on April 1, 2022. He briefly resumed active service to resolve one matter in July 2022.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“We will vacate the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions to enter judgment in favor of CIC in the amount of $87,752.24 in attorney's fees and $1,417.00 in expenses heretofore approved.”
“We conclude that Lin has satisfied both the standards for political asylum and those for withholding of deportation.”
“Because we conclude that the District Court erred in denying Defendant the protection of qualified immunity, we will reverse.”
“Al-Fara challenges the propriety of the BIA's summary affirmance in his case. For the following reasons, we will deny the petition for review.”
“Bruce appeals, raising constitutional and sufficiency of the evidence challenges to the extortion convictions. ... We will affirm.”
“Mussare appeals, raising various constitutional and evidentiary challenges to the extortion convictions. He also appeals his sentence. We will affirm.”
“Accordingly, we will reverse the March 1, 2004 order of dismissal with prejudice and will remand this case to the District Court for it to consider whether Brennan has complied with the conditions of the January 27, 2003 order of dismissal without prejudice.”
“We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and will affirm.”
“The court concluded that Estes could not limit its liability pursuant to its tariff because it failed to provide Emerson two or more different rates. We will affirm.”
“For the reasons stated below, we will grant the petition, vacate the order of the BIA, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“Because we predict that the New Jersey Supreme Court would construe the policy language to require proof of loss after the end of the entire period of disability, we will reverse.”
“For the reasons stated below, we will affirm the order 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 Cowen no longer sits on this court. 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.