U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitcircuitRetired 1972 · served 1937–1972Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 25 signed orders read
Judge Major no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Major decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Major approved ending litigation when a party had long known the facts but failed to state a viable claim before trial.
“All litigation must sometime be brought to an end and, in our view, under the circumstances, there was no abuse of discretion on the part of the trial court in the rulings complained of.”
A default judgment could not stand when service on the corporation failed to satisfy the legal requirements.
“The liberal construction rule which the government seeks to invoke cannot be utilized as a substitute for the plain legal requirement as to the manner in which service of process may be had.”
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not carry a single assigned trial caseload.
A historical record
Judge Major 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.