Herman W. Coolidge
How Judge Coolidge rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Coolidge no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Coolidge decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
The court treated a contractual right to terminate without further obligation as decisive evidence that a rent-to-own arrangement was a true lease.
“This Court concludes that the Debtor’s right to terminate the agreement at any time by surrender of the property and payment through the date of surrender makes this contract a true lease and not a disguised secured transaction.”
Procedural preferences
When stipulated facts converted a dismissal request into a summary-judgment question, the court resolved lien priority from the governing statute's text.
“The issue is simply resolved by reference to the plain language of the Internal Revenue Code.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the automatic stay imposed by § 362 of the Bankruptcy Code is hereby lifted as it relates to the nine foot freezer in question”
“the tax lien of the United States against real property of Agostino Carlucci located in Richmond County, Georgia, is superior to the security interest of the Plaintiffs”
A historical record
Judge Coolidge 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.