John Glover Roberts Jr.
How Judge Roberts rules, drawn from 33 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Roberts left this court for the U.S. Supreme Court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Roberts
John Glover Roberts, Jr. was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Roberts received a commission on June 2, 2003. Judge Roberts left the court on September 29, 2005 on appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States.
How Judge Roberts decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Lemoyne-Owen College v. NLRB, Roberts granted review and remanded because the Board had not explained an apparent departure from its own precedent.
“We therefore grant the petition for review, deny the cross-application for enforcement, and remand to the NLRB for further proceedings.”
In Consumers Energy v. FERC, Roberts denied review after finding substantial evidence for the Commission's decision and no basis to disturb its interpretation in that case.
“Finding that substantial evidence supports the Commission’s decision and that the decision is otherwise reasonable, we deny Consumers’ petition for review.”
Procedural preferences
In Fornaro v. James, Roberts affirmed dismissal of a class action seeking enhanced federal retirement benefits because the Civil Service Reform Act provided an adequate remedy and foreclosed mandamus jurisdiction.
“We affirm the judgment dismissing the action for lack of jurisdiction.”
In United States v. Bolla, Roberts affirmed the sentence and rejected a restitution challenge that the defendant had raised only briefly, without a developed basis for finding error.
“For the foregoing reasons, the judgment is affirmed.”
Cautions
In Public Service Commission of Kentucky v. FERC, Roberts granted the petition in part because the Commission had not given notice that it would consider an incentive element in the pending rate proposal; he affirmed the rest of its decision.
“grant the petition because FERC failed to provide adequate notice that it would consider such an element in assessing the pending rate proposal. In all other respects, we affirm the Commission.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the foregoing reasons, the judgment is affirmed.”
“For the reasons stated, we vacate the orders and remand to the Board for further proceedings.”
“We dismiss the appeals for lack of jurisdiction.”
“we affirm the district court’s denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter and personal jurisdiction with respect to Pakistan. We reverse the denial of the motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over Junejo.”
“We affirm the district court’s dismissal of Graham’s complaint.”
“we dismiss the petition for lack of jurisdiction.”
“We therefore grant the petition for review, deny the cross-application for enforcement, and remand to the NLRB for further proceedings.”
“We reverse the denial of summary judgment on qualified immunity grounds for the inaction theory of liability, and remand to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“The petition for review is granted and the Board’s order is vacated.”
“Finding that substantial evidence supports the Commission’s decision and that the decision is otherwise reasonable, we deny Consumers’ petition for review.”
“We reverse the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the legal malpractice claim based on the alleged conflict of interest, and remand to the district court to permit Bow to pursue his claim with respect to the attorneys’ conduct and any resulting damages within the three-year period prior to the filing of his complaint.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
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