John Fisher

How Judge Fisher rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the District of Delaware
Position
district
Status
Retired 1823
Served
1812–1823
Appointed by
James Madison (Democratic-Republican)
Commissioned
1812-04-23
Education
Read law, 1791
Signed orders read
2

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Good Friends
Government forfeiture libel (United States) Granted

“Let a decree of forfeiture be entered.”

United States v. The Sloop Pitt
Motion for delivery on bond (claimants) Granted

“The decree of this court, therefore, is, that the sloop Pitt, her tackle, apparel and furniture, together with her cargo, be delivered to the claimants, on their securing duties payable by law, entering into bonds to respond the appraised value, &c. &c.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No case-level electronic docket records are available for this early nineteenth-century tenure.

A historical record

Judge Fisher 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.