Glenn Leroy Archer Jr.

How Judge Archer rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Position
circuit
Status
Retired 1997
Served
1985–1997
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Commissioned
1985-12-17
Education
Yale University (B.A., 1951); George Washington University Law School (J.D., 1954)
Signed orders read
25

How Judge Archer decides

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

What persuades

Archer reversed summary judgment when laches and estoppel could not be resolved on the undisputed record.

“We conclude that the district court’s grant of summary judgment on the basis of laches and estoppel must be reversed, and the case is remanded.”

Procedural preferences

Archer treated diligent reliance on counsel as good cause to excuse a late administrative appeal where the agency showed no prejudice.

“We conclude that the facts show Semans exercised reasonable diligence and ordinary prudence with respect to the filing of his appeal.”

He dismissed an appeal when the challenged interlocutory order was not yet reviewable.

“Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed.”

Cautions

Archer required administrative filing rules to yield when reasonable diligence and lack of prejudice established good cause.

“Absent an allegation or evidence of prejudice to the agency, there was good cause for waiving the filing time limit, and the board abused its discretion in refusing to do so.”

Signed rulings

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

Roberts v. Walters
· 1986-06-04
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Tiffany v. Department of the Navy
· 1986-06-20
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

McLean v. Office of Personnel Management
· 1986-09-03
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Quinton v. Department of Transportation
· 1986-12-31
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

In re Geiger
· 1987-04-01
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“REVERSED.”

In re Evanega
· 1987-09-21
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“REVERSED.”

Bruning v. Veterans Administration
· 1987-12-09
Petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“VACATED AND REMANDED.”

Vink v. Schijf
· 1988-02-10
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

NEC America, Inc. v. United States
· 1988-09-28
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“AFFIRMED.”

Dana Corp. v. NOK, Inc.
· 1989-08-14
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

Guercio v. Brody
· 1989-09-06
Appeal (appellant) Moot / procedural

“Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed.”

Hensel Phelps Construction Co. v. United States
· 1989-09-29
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“REVERSED AND REMANDED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Not applicable to this circuit-court record.

A historical record

Judge Archer 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.