Walter King Stapleton
How Judge Stapleton rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Stapleton no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Stapleton
Walter King Stapleton was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, Judge Stapleton received a commission on October 14, 1970. Judge Stapleton left the court on May 8, 1985 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.
“Crown’s motion for summary judgment on Grigsby’s Code claims will be granted.”
“the appropriate course is to remand to the agency for an explanation which will permit meaningful judicial review.”
“the Association’s motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint is denied”
“plaintiff’s request for bilateral class certification is granted.”
“Thus, the second counterclaim must be dismissed.”
“In the absence of such an allegation, the entry of an injunction seems appropriate.”
“An Order will be entered correcting the defendant’s illegal sentence by deleting the requirement that he have a special parole term of three years.”
“Therefore, the summary judgment motions of defendants Yanez and Wilmington Medical Center with respect to plaintiffs’ individual claims are granted.”
“Since the applicants have failed to demonstrate why that task will not be adequately performed by the state without their intervention, I will deny their motion.”
“Since Hazeltine and Lear Siegler point to no competing equities sufficient to override the policy thus articulated, I will enter an appropriate injunction.”
“For these reasons, RCA’s motion to join Esprit will be denied.”
“I can sustain the Bishop’s position only with respect to the narrow category of documents protected by Delaware Rule of Evidence 505.”
“The plaintiffs motion for summary judgment will be granted”
“the motion of intervenor-defendant Albanese will be denied.”
“Accordingly, I will deny DiSabatino’s motion for partial summary judgment.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 42.5 days (N = 2).
The two located cases were filed and terminated in 1979 and 1983; neither carries a nature-of-suit label.
A historical record
Judge Stapleton no longer hears cases. 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.