Samuel Hale Sibley
How Judge Sibley rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Sibley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Sibley
Samuel Hale Sibley was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Appointed by President Herbert Hoover, Judge Sibley received a commission on January 24, 1931. Judge Sibley previously served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, commissioned there on August 5, 1919. Judge Sibley assumed senior status on October 1, 1949 and served until death on October 13, 1958.
How Judge Sibley decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Sibley treated preliminary injunctive relief as inappropriate when conspiracy evidence remained seriously disputed and incomplete.
“The District Judge did not abuse his discretion in refusing to interfere before the contested fact issues are finally tried out.”
He applied the statutory ownership threshold strictly when assessing corporate tax affiliation.
“The statute means that there must be a common ownership of at least 95 per cent, of the stock in each corporation.”
Procedural preferences
Sibley required a final, appealable order before exercising appellate jurisdiction.
“The refusal to remand is not a final and therefore not an appealable order.”
He treated a state-court remand order as unreviewable by the court of appeals.
“An order remanding a case to the State court from which it was removed is not reviewable on appeal or otherwise.”
Cautions
Sibley rejected unidentified secondhand statements offered to establish medical facts.
“The casual statements of unidentified persons are not admissible to establish the facts stated”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the petition for review of the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals in this case is denied.”
“the petition for review be denied, and the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals be affirmed.”
“we reverse the decree in this ease and remand the cause with direction to dismiss the bill.”
“The judgment is accordingly reversed, with direction to dismiss the libel without prejudice.”
“the judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.”
“Accordingly the petition to review is denied.”
“The petition for review in each case is therefore denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Sibley 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.