Peter Stenger Grosscup
Judge Grosscup no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Grosscup decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Procedural preferences
Grosscup treated a prior appellate majority ruling as binding law of the case; disagreement by the trial court did not permit departure from the mandate.
“What this Court said in its majority opinion, not its minority opinion, is the law of the case; and whatever the trial Court may have thought, respecting its soundness, it had no right to disregard the' law as thus laid down.”
Cautions
When statute vested discretionary immigration relief in an executive official, the court confined itself to reviewing legal authority and record support rather than substituting its own equitable judgment.
“But whatever discretion shall be exercised is for the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, and not for the courts.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The decree of the Circuit Court is affirmed.”
“The decree appealed from will be Affirmed.”
“The decree of the Circuit Court is affirmed.”
“The decree of the Circuit Court is accordingly affirmed.”
“The decree of the Circuit Court is reversed with instructions to overrule the demurrer”
“The decree of the Circuit Court will be Affirmed.”
“The decree of the Circuit Court is affirmed.”
“The judgment of the Circuit Court will be reversed with instructions to grant a new trial.”
“The decree of the Circuit Court will be affirmed.”
“The judgment of the Circuit Court will be affirmed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Circuit judges do not carry a single assigned trial caseload. Grosscup's earlier Northern District of Illinois service is outside this appellate record.
A historical record
Judge Grosscup 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.