Marion Tinsley Bennett
Judge Bennett no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Bennett decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Bennett vacated a damages award when review of the record produced a firm conviction that the trial court had misjudged the equities.
“Upon our weighing of the relevant factors, we are left with the definite and firm conviction that the district court committed a clear error of judgment in granting any measure of compensation for damages.”
Procedural preferences
Bennett treated an existing district-court judgment as controlling where the employee sought duplicative administrative relief.
“The MSPB properly deferred to the judgment of the district court and dismissed petitioner’s appeal as moot with respect to the board.”
He required dismissal when the court below lacked Tucker Act jurisdiction.
“The judgment of the Claims Court is vacated and the case is remanded to that court with the instruction that it dismiss this suit for lack of jurisdiction under the Tucker Act.”
Cautions
Bennett separated patent invalidity from distinct unfair-competition theories rather than allowing one ruling to dispose of all claims.
“The grant of summary judgment based on the invalidity of the Schwartz patent is affirmed. The grant of summary judgment as to the Lanham Act and the two California State causes of action is vacated.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”
“AFFIRMED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”
“AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART, REVERSED IN PART, AND REMANDED.”
“AFFIRMED-IN-PART, VACATED-IN-PART, and REMANDED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Bennett 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.