Latham Castle
How Judge Castle rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Castle no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Castle
Latham Castle was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Judge Castle received a commission on April 30, 1959. Judge Castle assumed senior status on February 28, 1970 and served until death on March 10, 1986.
How Judge Castle decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Castle treated timely core arguments as sufficient and would not penalize a party for filing supplemental material with the agency's permission.
“Any other result would penalize Panduit for having received Board permission to file supplemental arguments in support of its timely request for rehearing.”
He affirmed summary judgment when every available account of an unwitnessed accident would depend on unsupported inference.
“no jury would have been justified in inferring that the accident happened in a particular manner.”
Cautions
He treated improperly admitted hearsay as harmless only after weighing the strength of the independent evidence.
“One of the main considerations in deciding if substantial prejudice exists because of the introduction of hearsay material is the strength of the Government’s case independent of the hearsay.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“We affirm the decision in favor of Blockman and reverse the entry of judgment in favor of the Leadership Council.”
“the judgment below is affirmed.”
“The judgment below is therefore affirmed.”
“The judgment below is, therefore, affirmed.”
“The judgment order of the District Court is affirmed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not carry a single assigned trial caseload.
A historical record
Judge Castle 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.