Jackson Leroy Adair

How Judge Adair rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1937–1956
Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
Commissioned
1937-04-27
Education
Illinois College; University of Michigan Law School, LL.B. (1911)
Signed orders read
20

How Judge Adair decides

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

What persuades

In Henning, Adair treated the plaintiffs’ broad release as independently defeating later contract and related claims.

“plaintiffs released any and all claims against defendant arising from the agreement between the plaintiffs and defendant entered into June 23, 1948”

Procedural preferences

In Loosley, Adair enforced deposition obligations through the express sanctions authorized for a willful failure to appear.

“Plaintiff having wilfully failed to appear, it is the opinion of this court that defendants are entitled to invoke the penalty provided for in subsection (d), Rule 37, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”

Signed rulings

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

Brashear Freight Lines, Inc. v. Hughes
· 1938-11-12
Constitutional injunction claim after bench trial (plaintiffs) Denied

“The plaintiffs are not entitled to the relief prayed in said bill of complaint or any relief under the issues created by the bill and answer.”

In re Deacon
· 1939-03-09
Bankruptcy exemption claim (bankrupt) Granted

“the Court finds that the said property was necessary wearing apparel, and may be retained by said bankrupt, and the findings of the Referee in Bankruptcy are hereby approved and confirmed.”

United States v. Wheeler
· 1940-05-20
Government lien enforcement claim after bench trial (United States) Granted

“the plaintiff is entitled to the relief prayed for in the complaint, and the clerk is hereby directed to enter judgment in the sum of Three Hundred Forty-five and 75/100 Dollars ($345.75)”

Central Engineering Co. v. Bassett
· 1941-09-26
Request for permanent injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“the interlocutory injunction is hereby made final and permanent”

Herget v. Central Nat. Bank & Trust Co.
· 1943-08-26
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Therefore, the motion to dismiss the complaint is allowed, and said complaint is dismissed at the costs of the plaintiff.”

California Fruit Growers Exchange v. Sunkist Baking Co.
· 1946-11-14
Trademark infringement and injunction claim after bench trial (plaintiffs) Granted

“Plaintiffs are entitled to the relief' prayed for in their Complaint, including a mandatory injunction requiring the cancellation of the registrations of the ‘Sunkist’ trade-mark by defendants.”

Creedon v. Seele
· 1947-07-15
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Denied

“the court is of the opinion the motion of each of the group under consideration is denied”

Baum v. Dallman
· 1948-02-24
Tax refund claim after bench trial (plaintiffs) Granted

“Judgment should be entered herein in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant in the amount of $51,048.22, together with interest at 6% from December 24, 1946, to this date”

Wayne v. Inland Waterways Corp.
· 1950-05-10
Admiralty cargo damage claim after bench trial (libelants) Granted

“Libelants are entitled to a decree against respondent for their damages plus interest at four per cent (4%) from June 15, 1948, and for costs.”

Lippmann v. McGrath
· 1950-12-28
Trading with the enemy act return claim after bench trial (plaintiffs) Denied

“the complaint herein be dismissed upon the merits and that the defendants have judgment against the plaintiffs for costs.”

Glackin v. United States
· 1952-07-30
Tax refund claim after bench trial (plaintiff) Granted

“Judgment is hereby granted the plaintiff against the defendant for the sum of $628.-45 plus interest as provided by law from May 17, 1951 until date of payment.”

Keystone Steel & Wire Co. v. United States
· 1953-12-16
Request to vacate administrative orders (plaintiff) Granted

“The orders of the Interstate Commerce Commission entered on October 4, 1950 and March 5, 1951 hereinabove set forth should be vacated and set aside and said Commission directed to proceed to determine the merits of said complaint for reparations”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned docket records were returned under three plausible Adair name variants.

A historical record

Judge Adair 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.