Thomas Morrow Reavley
How Judge Reavley rules, drawn from 28 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Reavley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Reavley decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Treats a specific mandatory policy as capable of removing governmental conduct from the discretionary-function exception.
“constrained the decision-making ability”
Requires substantial evidence to support an agency’s admissibility determination.
“supported by substantial evidence”
Procedural preferences
Enforces appellate-waiver bargains when the defendant received their benefit.
“benefit of his bargain”
Cautions
Condemns unsupported attacks on opposing counsel’s integrity.
“could not have been made in good faith”
Does not read federal preemption rules to protect an insurer from its own failure to follow reporting deadlines.
“acts of unjustifiable incompetence”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The conviction and sentence are otherwise AFFIRMED.”
A historical record
Judge Reavley 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.