Samuel Alschuler

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit circuit Retired 1939 · served 1916–1939 Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Judge Alschuler no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

How Judge Alschuler decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Procedural preferences

Alschuler treated confidential, pretrial exposure to conclusively incriminating information as disqualifying when it compromised the judge's impartiality.

“the judge ought not to have presided at the trial, but should have sent the ease to some other judge to whom this, conclusively incriminating evidence had not, in advance of the trial, been thus exclusively confided.”

The statutory appeal period required effective action, not merely filing a notice and application that remained unacted upon.

“the filing of the notice and application for the appeal under the indicated circumstances, without doing anything further within the sfcai iitory period, did not amount to an application for the appeal within the statutory three months after entry of the judgment.”

Cautions

An insurance exclusion for engaging in aeronautic operations did not extend to an ordinary passenger merely riding in an airplane.

“this clause respecting engaging in aeronautic operations does not embrace a passenger riding in an airplane”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Milwaukee County v. M.E. White Co.
81 F.2d 753 (7th Cir. 1936) · 1936-02-12
Appeal (county/appellant) Granted

“the order of dismissal of the District Court is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court with direction to entertain jurisdiction thereof”

McFadden v. United States
63 F.2d 111 (7th Cir. 1933) · 1933-02-02
Appeal (criminal defendant/appellant) Granted

“Judgment reversed, and the cause remanded for a new trial.”

Mitchell v. Citizens' State Bank of Chicago
77 F.2d 168 (7th Cir. 1935) · 1935-05-03
Appeal (debtor/appellant) Denied

“The order or decree of the District Court dissolving its theretofore entered injunctional order or decree restraining further steps in the foreclosure proceeding is affirmed.”

Jonas-Cadillac Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
41 F.2d 141 (7th Cir. 1930) · 1930-05-28
Appeal (taxpayer/appellant) Denied

“the'judgment of the Board favorable to respondent herein is affirmed..”

Roitman v. United States
41 F.2d 519 (7th Cir. 1930) · 1930-06-13
Appeal (criminal defendants/appellants) Denied

“The judgments must be, and they are, affirmed.”

United States ex rel. Rutz v. Anderson
11 F.2d 845 (7th Cir. 1926) · 1926-02-15
Appeal (habeas petitioners/appellants) Granted

“the orders of dismissal of the writs and remandment of the several appellants are reversed, ánd the causes are remanded, with diroetion to discharge the several appellants from custody”

Crucible Steel Casting Co. v. Commissioner
66 F.2d 82 (7th Cir. 1933) · 1933-07-11
Appeal (taxpayer/appellant) Denied

“The order appealed from is affirmed.”

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Co. v. McCoy
36 F.2d 227 (7th Cir. 1929) · 1929-12-07
Appeal (railroad/appellant) Denied

“The judgment is affirmed.”

Hunt, Helm Ferris & Co. v. Elbert
9 F.2d 922 (7th Cir. 1925) · 1925-12-08
Appeal (patent owner/appellant) Denied

“The deeree of the District Court is affirmed.”

Hewitt v. T.L. Smith Co.
83 F.2d 665 (7th Cir. 1936) · 1936-04-29
Appeal (compensation claimants/appellants) Granted

“The final decree herein is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings consistent herewith.”

Commissioner v. Brumder
82 F.2d 944 (7th Cir. 1936) · 1936-05-13
Appeal (tax commissioner/appellant) Denied

“As to each of these appeals the judgment of the Board of Tax Appeals is affirmed.”

Peterson v. Borden Co.
50 F.2d 644 (7th Cir. 1931) · 1931-06-11
Appeal (former shareholders/appellants) Denied

“the judgment 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

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