Edward John Leavy

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit circuit Retired 2023 · served 1987–2023 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 30 signed orders read

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

Signed rulings

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

Friends of the Earth v. United States Navy
· 1988-06-30
Appeal (appellant (Friends of the Earth)) Denied

“Thus, our injunction of March 7, 1988, is dissolved.”

Purer v. United States
· 1989-04-04
Appeal (appellant (Phillip and Winifred Purer)) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

United States v. Stella Menatos
· 1991-02-05
Appeal (Stella Menatos) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

United States v. Jose Luis Sotelo-Rivera
· 1991-05-01
Appeal (Jose Luis Sotelo-Rivera) Granted in part

“AFFIRMED IN PART; REMANDED IN PART.”

Lisa D. Desart, a Minor, by and Through Her Guardian Ad Litem, Katherine Desart v. United States
· 1991-10-29
Appeal (United States) Granted in part

“AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part and REMANDED for proceedings consistent with the above.”

Richard Allen Tyree v. Larry E. Taylor, Warden
· 1992-06-02
Appeal (Larry E. Taylor, Warden) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

In re Pinkstaff; Keith V. Pinkstaff & Linda L. Pinkstaff v. United States
· 1992-09-01
Appeal (Keith V. Pinkstaff and Linda L. Pinkstaff (Chapter 13 debtors)) Granted

“REVERSED and REMANDED.”

Koch v. Hankins
· 1993-10-15
Appeal (Floyd Koch et al. (plaintiffs-appellants)) Granted

“We therefore REVERSE and REMAND.”

John L. Corrigan v. United States
· 1994-06-22
Appeal (cross-appellants: the IRS and pro se taxpayer John L. Corrigan) Granted in part

“We affirm in part and reverse in part.”

John Rambo v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; Metropolitan Stevedore Company
· 1994-06-24
Petition for review (claimant/appellant John Rambo) Granted

“REVERSED.”

United States v. Robertson
· 1994-11-23
Appeal (Dominick Lee Robertson (defendant-appellant)) Denied

“Robertson’s appeal from the judgment of the district court is dismissed.”

United States v. Edmond
· 1994-12-29
Appeal (the government (appellant)) Granted

“The district court’s order is REVERSED.”

A historical record

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