Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.
Judge Parker no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Parker decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He linked a fee award to the public benefit of rules governing aircraft noise.
“it can hardly be doubted that the public will benefit from the promulgation of rules governing aircraft noise.”
He treated official adoption of investigation material as supporting disclosure.
“those parts of the FMI that have been adopted as official Air Force policy”
Cautions
He enforced the local summary-judgment rule when counsel failed to identify genuine factual disputes.
“Counsel for the plaintiff has failed to follow that local rule. Therefore, the Court may assume the facts as claimed by the defendant.”
He dismissed with prejudice after repeated misstatements and inability to plead an adequate complaint.
“misstatements taken in conjunction with a demonstrated inability to file an adequate complaint compel the Court to dismiss the present complaint with prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“That plaintiff’s motion for an enlargement of time in which to file a pretrial brief is denied; and”
“That the defendants’ motion to dismiss is granted with respect to counts 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the complaint and denied with respect to the remainder of the complaint.”
“That the defendants’ motion for a protective order is denied.”
“summary judgment is granted for the defendants.”
“That the defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted and this action is dismissed with prejudice.”
“That Defendant’s Motion to Change Venue is denied.”
“the Court concludes that the defendant’s motion for summary judgment should be granted.”
“This Court grants plaintiff’s application for attorneys’ fees, but reduces the fee award to $1,500.”
“The motion of the defendants to transfer this proceeding to the District of Connecticut is granted for the reasons stated above.”
“That plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment is granted and the arbitral award of the National Joint Adjustment Board for the Sheet Metal Industry, entered on November 11, 1983, is confirmed.”
“That defendant’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“the plaintiff and her attorney are ORDERED to comply fully with the defendant’s present discovery request within 20 days from the date of this Order.”
“defendants’ motion to dismiss is without merit.”
“the plaintiff’s cross motion for summary judgment should be granted.”
“the petitioners in this case are entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees for both claims presented in this lawsuit.”
A historical record
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