Jose Alberto Cabranes
How Judge Cabranes rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cabranes left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Cabranes
José Alberto Cabranes was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Judge Cabranes received a commission on December 10, 1979. Judge Cabranes left the court on August 12, 1994 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
How Judge Cabranes decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Cheshire’s case, he found the defendant had not shown sufficient cause to deprive the plaintiff of his chosen federal forum.
“The defendant has not demonstrated sufficient cause in the instant action to deprive the plaintiff of his choice of a federal forum.”
Procedural preferences
In United States v. Hudson, he granted leave to add a fraudulent-conversion claim after finding that the defendants had not shown undue delay or actual prejudice from the proposed amendment.
“The mere possibility of prejudice, however, is not tantamount to an affirmative showing of actual prejudice.”
Cautions
In Allied-Signal v. Allegheny Ludlum, he allowed discovery relevant to patent priority but denied a request for patent-application files and limited depositions to conception and reduction to practice.
“The scope of the depositions described in Part B of the motion to compel shall be limited to questions bearing directly on the issues of conception and reduction to practice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the plaintiffs’ motion to strike the fourth special defense is granted without prejudice to the defendant’s amending its answer to allege knowing use of a defective product by one or both of the plaintiffs.”
“the government’s motion to dismiss count one of the complaint is denied. Count two of the complaint is stricken as redundant pursuant to Rule 12(f), Fed.R.Civ.P.”
“the plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment is granted with respect to any of the 37 reported permit violations that occurred within five years of the commencement of this action.”
“The defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment is granted with respect to any violations that occurred pri- or to April 23, 1979.”
“the defendant’s motion to dismiss is denied”
“the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment is granted.”
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (filed Mar. 1, 1989) is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs’ ‘Motion for Determination of Choice of Law and Cross Motion for Summary Judgment on the First and Second Affirmative Defenses of Defendant Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc.’ (filed May 19, 1989) is DENIED AS MOOT”
“Plaintiffs’ application for leave to amend the complaint is GRANTED”
“the court hereby grants the motion of the defendant City of New Britain for judgment notwithstanding the verdict.”
“the individual defendants’ motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, for remittitur or for a new trial are denied.”
“defendant’s motion to dismiss Counts Four and Five of the complaint is granted.”
“defendant Allegheny Ludlum Corporation’s Motion for a Protective Order (filed July 30, 1990) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiff Allied-Signal, Inc.’s Renewal of its August 21, 1989 Motion to Compel and Motion to Compel Certain Deposition Testimony (filed July 30, 1990) is GRANTED with respect to Part A ## 1, 2, 3 and 4 (as modified in the oral hearing of August 17, 1990) and to the Part B deposi*139tions and DENIED with respect to Part A #5.”
“the defendant Devoe Realty’s Motion for Reconsideration (filed January 6, 1994) (doc. # 29) is hereby GRANTED.”
“the plaintiffs Request for Leave to Amend Complaint (filed November 4, 1993) (doc. #69) is hereby GRANTED over the defendants’ objections.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed ten-docket sample covered early 1990 filings and included prisoner, civil-rights, securities, and other civil matters. Every retained entry stream was empty, so no caseload or duration inference is made.
A historical record
Judge Cabranes left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.