Joel Martin Flaum
How Judge Flaum rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Flaum no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Flaum decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Flaum denied patent-invalidity summary judgment where secondary considerations and the anticipation record presented genuine factual disputes.
“The record in that regard contains genuine issues of material fact.”
He granted summary judgment for prison officials when affidavits established that the challenged good-time calculation followed procedures already upheld by the state courts.
“Franzen also has established that Barksdale’s good-time credit was computed by the same procedure which was upheld by the Hernandez and Williams courts as appropriate under the amended Illinois code and the Illinois Supreme Court’s directive in Johnson.”
Procedural preferences
In preliminary-injunction review, Flaum required the movant to establish every element and emphasized the availability of an adequate damages remedy.
“the court concludes that Fairplain has failed to carry its burden of persuasion as to all of the elements necessary for a preliminary injunction.”
He dismissed an antitrust action with prejudice after a mid-trial disruption deprived the opposing party of a decision from the selected jury, while declining to preserve an attorney-fee award absent bad faith in filing the case.
“This kind of behavior, in this factual setting, cannot be tolerated.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, Owens-Corning’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss is therefore denied.”
“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss is denied.”
“Therefore, defendant having established by undisputed facts that plaintiff cannot maintain this action on a class basis, defendant’s motion to strike the class allegations of the complaint is granted.”
“This result, of course, disposes of plaintiff’s discovery requests presently pending and defendant’s motion for a protective order is granted to the extent plaintiff seeks discovery on class issues.”
“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment must be DENIED.”
“The plaintiff’s motion to remand is hereby GRANTED and the case is remanded to the Circuit Court of DuPage County.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, there being no genuine issue of material fact, is granted.”
“Accordingly, Mr. Jafree’s motion to amend is granted and his claim for compensatory damages is dismissed.”
“Therefore, summary judgment is entered on defendant’s behalf pursuant to Fed.R. Civ.P. 56, and this cause is dismissed.”
“Accordingly, the motion for a preliminary injunction is denied.”
“Accordingly, defendants’ motions for summary judgment are granted and this case is dismissed.”
“Accordingly, the motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.”
“Accordingly, the Bankruptcy Court’s orders are affirmed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned-case timeline was available for this closed district tenure. The located writings span civil rights, employment, patent, tax, financial regulation, injunctions, criminal procedure, and bankruptcy review, but they do not establish the distribution of Flaum's full district caseload.
A historical record
Judge Flaum 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.