George Michael Marovich
How Judge Marovich rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Marovich no longer sits on this court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Marovich
George Michael Marovich served on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, he received his commission on April 1, 1988. He took senior status on January 2, 2000, and is now inactive.
How Judge Marovich decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Kaplan v. Davidson & Grannum, Marovich denied dismissal despite a parallel New York case. He found no sufficiently strong basis for Colorado River abstention and rejected the defendants’ forum and state procedural grounds.
“the Court does not see in this case the ‘clearest of justifications’ to overcome its ‘virtually unflagging’ obligation to exercise its jurisdiction.”
In Ace Motors v. Total Transport, Marovich denied dismissal of an intervener’s Carmack Amendment claim. He held that § 14706(e) limits a carrier’s ability to set a contractual notice deadline; the intervener alleged no bill of lading and did not have to plead around an affirmative defense.
“The movants misunderstand the Carmack Amendment.”
Procedural preferences
In Hayes's civil rights case, he treated the plaintiff's 'motion in opposition' as a response to the defendants' dismissal motion and considered its arguments, although he denied the separately docketed motion.
“the Court notes that it is considering the arguments plaintiff made in his motion as though it were a brief in opposition to defendants’ motion.”
Cautions
In Ace Motors v. Total Transport, Marovich dismissed the intervener’s state-law contract and negligence claims with prejudice as preempted by the Carmack Amendment, while allowing the federal carrier-liability claim to proceed.
“it is clear that intervener’s claims for breach of contract and negligence are preempted by the Carmack Amendment.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Court grants in part and denies in part plaintiff’s motion to dismiss. ... Counts II, III and IV are dismissed with prejudice.”
“The Court grants in part and denies in part defendants’ motion to dismiss. Counts II, III and IV are dismissed with prejudice.”
“The Court grants defendants’ motion to dismiss. Counts I and II are dismissed without prejudice.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Court denies defendants’ motion to dismiss.”
“the Court denies defendant's motion to dismiss”
“The Court grants in part and denies in part defendant's motion for summary judgment.”
“Defendant's motion to strike is granted in part and denied in part.”
“the Court denies defendant's motion to dismiss”
“The Court dismisses without prejudice Counts I and III.”
“Plaintiffs' motion to remand is denied.”
“Boeing's motion to transfer venue is granted.”
“Meyer's § 1983 claim is dismissed with prejudice”
“The motion for sanctions is denied.”
“the Court grants defendant Richardson's motion for summary judgment. Case dismissed.”
“The Court grants the United States' motion to dismiss and dismisses with prejudice plaintiff's claim against it.”
“The Court grants defendant's motion for summary judgment.”
“the Court denies plaintiffs' motions to strike”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 119.0 days (N = 4).
- Sampled across 2009-2014 filings.
- In late senior status Marovich's docket is light and heavily administrative: many same-day terminations are registrations of judgments from other courts and miscellaneous filings (United States v. Stanford International Bank, United States v. Novus Ventures, and foreign-judgment registrations).
- The handful of genuinely litigated civil cases span cable and satellite piracy (J&J Sports), immigration mandamus (Al Raifaee v. Napolitano), insurance, ERISA and union benefit-fund collection, and prisoner civil rights (Patterson v. Dart).
A historical record
Judge Marovich no longer sits on this court. 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.