Benjamin Franklin Cameron
How Judge Cameron rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cameron no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Cameron decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He applied the harmless-error rule that a prompt instruction to disregard improperly admitted evidence cures the error.
“It is the general rule that an erroneous admission of evidence is cured by excluding the evidence from the consideration of the jury and directing the jurors to disregard it.”
Procedural preferences
Cameron applied a deferential standard to jury verdicts, declining to disturb a finding where the evidence viewed favorably to the prevailing party sustained it or reasonable minds could differ.
“we will not disturb a jury's verdict if, as here, the evidence, viewed from the standpoint of the successful party,”
He held an administrative officer acting as both judge of law and fact-finder to correct legal standards, treating a wrong self-instruction like an erroneous jury charge.
“When an administrative officer is sitting in a dual role as judge of the law and trier of the facts, and when he, as judge, gives himself, as fact-finder, an incorrect instruction as to the law governing the decision he must make, error is committed just as there is error if a judge incorrectly charges a jury.”
Cautions
He required exhaustion of statutory administrative remedies before a party could invoke judicial relief.
“the aid of the courts in proceedings such as this one cannot be invoked until the exhaustion of administrative remedies”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Cameron 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.