William Theodore Moore Jr.
Judge Moore no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Moore decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Moore enforced contract-law waiver where an insurer kept the policy and premium after learning the asserted basis for rescission.
“by not seeking to repudiate the contract, the Plaintiff has effectively affirmed the contract”
He separated claims for damaged goods from independent injuries when applying federal carrier preemption.
“any claims by Plaintiff that remedy a separate harm than damages to goods are not dismissed.”
Procedural preferences
He enforced scheduling deadlines against a jury-demand challenge raised months late and after the pretrial conference.
“the Court DENIES the motion as untimely filed.”
He treated removal as a statute-specific question, distinguishing admiralty claims that could not be removed from federal statutory claims that could.
“Because admiralty claims are not federal question claims and are not removable under § 1441(b), this Court is convinced that remand is appropriate in this case.”
Cautions
He rejected requests asking the court to disregard governing rule text merely because both parties favored the same result.
“The Court finds Defendant’s argument to be offensive.”
He required evidence of employer knowledge and causation rather than speculation in retaliation cases.
“Plaintiff cannot show Defendant knew about Plaintiff’s purported opposition”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated herein, Defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment are hereby GRANTED.”
“this Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART this motion as to Plaintiffs Title VII cause of action (Count I) and DENIES this motion as to Plaintiffs state law claim for nuisance (Count III).”
“this Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss the claim against the United States”
“GRANTS Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and dismisses with prejudice the claim against AFS.”
“For these reasons, Defendant’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is denied.”
“this Court VACATES its Order of December 12, 1995, which denied Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and, for the reasons stated above and for those stated in the previous Order, GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment as to the $250,000 payment at issue.”
“Having read and considered Plaintiff Barbara Christoph’s Motion for Award of Attorney’s Fees, the motion is GRANTED IN PART”
“For the reasons stated below, this Court GRANTS the motion.”
“the Court DENIES the motion as untimely filed.”
“Claimant’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is granted.”
“All claims against these defendants are DISMISSED either on the basis of the Eleventh Amendment, prosecutorial immunity, or qualified immunity.”
“Accordingly, all claims against Effingham County are DISMISSED.”
“Defendants’ motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”
“The order of the bankruptcy court shall be VACATED and the case DISMISSED for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Plaintiffs motion to remand this case to the State Court of Chatham County is GRANTED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The enumerated opening 2015 cohort mixed prisoner civil-rights and habeas matters with employment, consumer-credit, insurance, maritime, Social Security, and other civil cases. This narrow cohort is not a career-wide caseload estimate.
A historical record
Judge Moore 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.