Kent Amos Jordan
How Judge Jordan rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Jordan left this court for the U.S. Supreme Court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Jordan
Kent A. Jordan was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Judge Jordan received a commission on November 15, 2002. Judge Jordan left the court on December 15, 2006 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Ampex’s motion for summary judgment that the ’121 patent is not unenforceable due to alleged inequitable conduct (D.I. 283) and the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment of inequitable conduct (D.I.291) are DENIED.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Ampex’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,821,121 is Not Anticipated is DENIED.”
“the summary judgment motions regarding prior art (D.I. 286; D.I. 294) are DENIED.”
“Ampex’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,821,121 is Not Invalid for Obviousness (D.I.280) is GRANTED as to the combinations of SDMS + papers and articles, Response + DLS, and Paint Box + Response, and is DENIED in all other respects.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion (D.I.307) is DENIED.”
“Philips’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Defendants’ Affirmative Defense of Equitable Estoppel (D.I. 295) is GRANTED.”
“CMT’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Limiting Philips’ Damages (D.I. 300) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”
“Callaway’s motion for summary judgment on Dunlop’s claims for negligent hiring, training, supervision and/or retention of employees, conversion, and unjust enrichment (D.I.306) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“Dunlop’s motions for reconsideration (D.I.364, 366) are denied.”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement (D.I.302) is GRANTED.”
“the Motion (D.I. 42) is GRANTED as to Boyd’s claim under § 35-111 of the Wilmington City Code, and DENIED in all other respects.”
“FCM’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED to the extent that any state law medical negligence claims raised by Green are dismissed, and is DENIED in all other respects.”
“Green’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel is DENIED without prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median motion-to-ruling time: 126 days (N = 7).
The oldest tenure-era assigned-case slice included patent, prisoner, civil-rights, Social Security, bankruptcy, RICO, employment, and statutory matters. It is a bounded historical slice rather than a career-wide denominator.
A historical record
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