Albert John Henderson

How Judge Henderson rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1968–1999
Appointed by
Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Commissioned
1968-10-11
Education
Mercer University School of Law, LL.B., 1947
Signed orders read
18

How Judge Henderson decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Cautions

He declined to interfere with anticipated state prosecutions without concrete evidence of bad-faith enforcement or irreparable injury.

“in the absence of a showing of bad faith enforcement and/or harassment the federal judiciary should refrain from interference in the orderly functioning of the state criminal process.”

Signed rulings

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

Sanders v. United States
12441 · 1969-02-10
Petition for habeas and declaratory relief (petitioner) Granted in part

“the petition is granted to the extent of petitioner’s rights as declared by the court in this order, but denied as to the habeas corpus and any other form of affirmative relief.”

Lee v. Head
863 · 1969-05-27
Motion to inspect and copy (plaintiffs) Granted in part

“plaintiffs’ motion to inspect and copy is granted, as to (1) all written statements given by defendant in connection with the accident to any insurance adjustor, claims representative, or accident investigator, and (2) all written reports made by any insurance adjustor, claims representative, or accident investigator, to the defendant’s insurance company which were based substantially, though in part, upon statements made or information furnished by the defendant, except those portions containing mental impressions and personal evaluations of the reporting agent.”

Rentfrow v. Carter
12277 · 1968-12-05
Petition for interlocutory injunction (petitioners) Denied

“Therefore, the petition is denied.”

McGuire v. Gem City Motors, Inc.
11485 · 1969-02-13
Summary judgment (defendant Gem City Motors, Inc.) Granted

“the motion for summary judgment as to the defendant, Gem City Motors, Inc., is granted.”

Danielson v. Insurance Co. of North America
11956 · 1969-12-31
Summary judgment (defendant Pacific Employers Insurance Company) Granted

“Pacific’s motion for summary judgment is hereby granted against the plaintiff.”

In re American Ventures, Inc.
63862 · 1971-08-31
Petition to review bankruptcy order (petitioners) Granted

“the order of the Honorable Claud D. Hughes, Referee in Bankruptcy, to be erroneous and that order is hereby reversed and set aside.”

Torres v. Connor
13895; 13940 · 1970-08-10
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted for failure to exhaust military remedies.”

Becker v. Thompson
14260 · 1971-03-19
Request for injunctive and declaratory relief (plaintiffs) Denied

“the plaintiffs’ prayers for injunctive and declaratory relief are denied, and judgment is hereby entered in favor of the defendants.”

Nalley v. Ross
12986 · 1969-12-16
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“The decision on the defendant’s motion to dismiss obviates a decision on the plaintiff’s motion to produce, which is hereby dismissed as moot.”

Motion to produce (plaintiff) Moot / procedural
Gray v. Hogan
C-75-140-A · 1975-01-23
Petition to void warrant and detainer (petitioner) Denied

“Accordingly, the petition is dismissed.”

Adema v. Great Northern Development Co.
1033 · 1973-06-01
Summary judgment (defendant Westinghouse Credit Corporation) Granted

“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

NAACP, Atlanta Local v. United States Postal Service
C-75-281-A · 1975-07-03
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“the motion by the defendants to dismiss the complaint is granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned electronic docket was located for this 1968–1979 tenure, so no caseload mix or duration estimate is reported.

A historical record

Judge Henderson 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.