Ralph Bright Guy Jr.
Judge Guy no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Guy decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Recognizes a state-created liquor license as protected property that cannot be revoked without constitutionally adequate process.
“Accordingly, we hold that a holder of an Ohio liquor license has a property interest protected under the Due Process Clause.”
Requires an appellant who did not preserve a forfeiture objection to establish plain error.
“Hampton has not demonstrated error, plain or otherwise.”
Defers to a rational plan-administrator interpretation even when claimants offer another rational reading.
“Even though plaintiffs may have presented an equally rational interpretation of layoff, we cannot say that the plan administrator acted arbitrarily or capriciously in deciding that layoff means a temporary termination or interruption in employment.”
Procedural preferences
Starts the employment-discrimination filing clock when the employee has contemporaneous notice of the challenged transfer, even if employment continues.
“At that point in time, the 300-day clock starts to run even though plaintiff was still on the payroll.”
Declines to create a new route around the Social Security Act's jurisdictional and exhaustion framework.
“If the balance is to be struck anew, the decision must come from Congress and not from this Court.”
Declines to reach a claim that was neither preserved below nor supported with developed legal and factual grounds.
“Nor did he raise this claim below.”
Requires an ends-of-justice continuance to be supported by reasons placed in the record.
“For such a continuance to be excludable, the court must set forth its reasons, orally or in writing, in the record of the case”
Cautions
Warns municipal and insurance counsel to examine conflicts before jointly representing individual civil-rights defendants.
“should be aware of potential ethical violations and possible malpractice claims.”
Rejects an arbitrariness theory that does not identify why the academic decision was arbitrary or capricious.
“The weakness in plaintiff's argument, however, is that he in no way sets forth why or how the action was arbitrary and capricious.”
Resists case-ending discovery sanctions against clients who did not participate in their lawyer's misconduct.
“Here, all of the wrongful conduct must be attributed to counsel; the Colemans did not engage in any culpable conduct themselves.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, the judgment of the magistrate is AFFIRMED.”
“The jury verdict of guilty is affirmed as to both defendants.”
“When this standard is applied to the record made below, we are convinced that Judge Manos was correct in granting a directed verdict and we affirm.”
“Accordingly, the judgment of the trial court is REVERSED and this action is REMANDED to the district court for a determination of damages pursuant to this opinion.”
“Accordingly, the summary judgment granted by the district court is REVERSED and this action is REMANDED to the district court to be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”
“Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.”
“Our review of the record convinces us that the trial judge properly denied the motion to suppress and we affirm.”
“We find the defendants’ arguments to be without merit, and affirm.”
A historical record
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