Robert Dale Morgan
How Judge Morgan rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Morgan no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Morgan decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Universal Underwriters, Morgan enforced the policy’s plain exclusion rather than manufacturing uncertainty.
“The language of an insurance policy cannot be distorted in order to create an ambiguity where none exists.”
Procedural preferences
In Midway Oil, Morgan treated a genuine factual dispute as sufficient to require trial rather than summary disposition.
“Such an issue precludes the granting of summary judgment.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the pending Motion to Vacate or Modify Sentence is denied, as is the motion ancillary thereto.”
“the Plaintiffs are not entitled to any refund of the Federal Estate Tax paid upon the Estate of the said Fay Rawley”
“Defendants’ motions to dismiss are therefore granted and the case is dismissed at plaintiffs’ cost.”
“judgment in favor of the plaintiff is ordered in the amount of $2,241.09 plus costs of suit as prayed in the complaint.”
“the motion is allowed and summary judgment in favor of the plaintiff is entered.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is therefore denied.”
“The motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is denied.”
“Judgment is entered for defendant.”
“the pending motion should be denied.”
“the relief sought by the complaint here is denied and the case is dismissed with prejudice.”
“defendant’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“the motion, in the opinion of this court, must be allowed, thereby reserving for trial ' the entire matter of damages”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned Southern District docket records were returned under three plausible Morgan name variants.
A historical record
Judge Morgan 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.