Samuel Hale Sibley
Judge Sibley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
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
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A historical record
Judge Sibley 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.