Merrick B. Garland
Judge Garland 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.
“we therefore deny the company's petition for review and grant the Board's cross-application for enforcement of its order.”
“Because the NRD satisfies the requirements for intervention as of right under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2), we reverse and direct that the NRD be allowed to intervene.”
“Accordingly, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the decision and judgment of the district court are vacated for lack of jurisdiction.”
“Because the Natural Gas Act unambiguously denies FERC jurisdiction to issue the orders challenged in the petition for review, we grant the petition and vacate the orders.”
“We reject both arguments and affirm the convictions.”
“For the foregoing reasons, we affirm George Coumaris’ conviction. We also grant the government’s motion to vacate his sentence and to remand the case for resentencing in conformity with United States v. Booker.”
“we grant PPL’s petition to review the orders rejecting its own proposed agreement, vacate those orders as arbitrary and capricious, and remand the case for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.”
“Because the Secretary’s interpretation is neither, we grant her petition to vacate a Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission decision that adopted a conflicting construction.”
“we reject his contention and affirm his conviction.”
A historical record
Judge Garland 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.