Peter Collins Dorsey
Judge Dorsey no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Dorsey decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He found asserted promises concerning arbitration and settlement sufficient to create a fact dispute over equitable estoppel at summary judgment.
“Plaintiff has met his burden at this stage of the proceedings, as he has established genuine issues of material fact regarding the existence of the alleged agreement to arbitrate,”
Cautions
He rejected unsupported assertions about officials' motives when the plaintiff supplied no admissible evidence and the challenged employment action had already been invalidated.
“Regardless of the alleged actions or statements of fire department officials prior to the 1992 state court decision, for which plaintiff provides no admissible proof in any event, his promotion to Captain was invalidated in that decision as well, and his claims fail for the same reasons.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Plaintiffs Motion to Compel [Doc. No.] is granted.”
“TIG’s motion to stay (Doc. 64) is denied.”
“Defendant’s motion to suppress [Doc. No. 14] is denied.”
“The motion for reconsideration (Doc. 34) is granted.”
“defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Defendant Warm Valley Kennels’ motion for summary judgment (doc. 18) is granted.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion to vacate [Doc. No. 39] is denied.”
“Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment (docs. 81 and 83) are granted.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 73) is denied.”
“The Motion to Extend Time (doc. 80) is denied as moot.”
“the Petition for Writ of Mandamus [Doc. No. 3] is dismissed.”
“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgement is denied.”
“defendants’ motion to reconsider (doe. 101) is granted.”
“Defendant Mystic River Marina, Inc.’s motion to dismiss (doc 8), dated July 29,1997, is denied.”
“The motion to stay discovery pending resolution of the motion to dismiss (doc 10), dated July 29, 1997, is denied as moot.”
A historical record
Judge Dorsey 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.