John Michael Luttig

How Judge Luttig rules, drawn from 28 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Position
circuit
Status
Retired 2006
Served
1991–2006
Appointed by
George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Commissioned
1991-08-02
Education
Washington and Lee University (B.A., 1976); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 1981)
Signed orders read
28

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Whedbee
964 F.2d 330 · 1992-05-08
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The district court entered summary judgment for the United States. We reverse.”

Paolo Casalena v. U.S. Immigration & Naturalization Service
984 F.2d 105 · 1993-01-13
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“Accordingly, we deny the petition for review and affirm the decision of the BIA.”

United States v. Eric Leondia Goins
11 F.3d 441 · 1993-11-24
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons stated herein, the judgment of the district court is affirmed.”

Dyncorp v. Jorge Carnicero
996 F.2d 55 · 1993-06-16
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We agree, and therefore reverse.”

District 17, United Mine Workers of America v. A & M Trucking, Inc.
991 F.2d 108 · 1993-04-12
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We agree with both contentions, and therefore vacate the district court's injunction.”

L & E Corporation v. Days Inns of America, Inc.
992 F.2d 55 · 1993-04-26
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We agree, and therefore reverse.”

William Ray v. Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University Conservatory of Music
11 F.3d 31 · 1993-12-01
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we affirm.”

Pereira ex rel. Pereira v. Kozlowski
996 F.2d 723 · 1993-06-24
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Conscious of our limited role to interpret the law as enacted by Congress, we now affirm.”

Kennedy v. Shalala
995 F.2d 28 · 1993-06-01
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We conclude that the ruling constitutes a reasonable interpretation of that Act and therefore reverse.”

United States v. Robyn Lynn Maisel
12 F.3d 423 · 1993-12-21
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Finding no merit in her arguments, we affirm.”

Delta Chemical Corporation v. Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army
33 F.3d 380 · 1994-08-30
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“For the reasons that follow, we affirm.”

Myelle v. American Cyanamid Co.
57 F.3d 411 · 1995-06-21
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Affirmed by published opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote the majority opinion, in which Justice POWELL joined.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Circuit judges do not have individually assigned trial-court caseloads. Luttig never served as a U.S. district judge.

A historical record

Judge Luttig 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.