Louis FitzHenry
How Judge FitzHenry rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge FitzHenry no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge FitzHenry
Louis FitzHenry was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Judge FitzHenry received a commission on June 16, 1933. Judge FitzHenry previously served on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, commissioned there on July 6, 1918. Judge FitzHenry served until death on November 18, 1935.
How Judge FitzHenry decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
FitzHenry declined to decide abstract legal propositions when the record did not establish an actual dispute over the funds at issue.
“Federal courts are without power to decide questions unless a case is presented in which the rights of persons or property are actually involved.”
In habeas review, he limited federal intervention to violations of fundamental rights protected by federal law.
“It is well established that it is only when fundamental rights secured by the Federal Constitution are invaded that the interference of federal courts is warranted.”
Cautions
A party could not use a void reconsideration order to extend a statutory appeal deadline.
“Appellant acquired no rights by reason of it, and the appeal must therefore be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the appeal must therefore be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.”
“It is therefore ordered that the decree of the District Court be affirmed.”
“the decision of the Board must be reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to take the valuation of the stock as of the date of the death of the donor to-determine the amount of profit from the sale. In all other respects the decision of the Board is affirmed.”
“The judgment is reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not carry a single assigned trial caseload.
A historical record
Judge FitzHenry 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.