William Donald Stiehl
How Judge Stiehl rules, drawn from 5 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Stiehl no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Stiehl decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
When approving the Resolution Trust settlements, Stiehl considered collectibility, litigation expense, case complexity, and the absence of collusion.
“Based upon all of the foregoing, the Court concludes that the settlement agreements at issue were made in good faith and are fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the public.”
Procedural preferences
In Deist, Stiehl treated the place of medical care as the practical center of the dispute when deciding where the case should proceed.
“Based on the allegations in the complaint and the declarations of Dr. Shapiro, the Court is convinced that the situs of the events giving rise to this claim is the State of Missouri.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, plaintiffs motion to approve its settlement agreements with defendants Henry Stern; Gary Heifetz; Ronald Lurie; Alan Popkin; James Chervitz; Jacob Reby; Pat Simons; Stanley Goodkin; Michael Wet-more; Steven Stone; Jeffrey Michelman; Lee Plació, Jr.; Ira Blank; Renee Poe; Douglas Burdette; Timothy Noelker; Harry Meyer; Steven Spewak; Barbara Lageson; Alan Blank; Steven Leyton; Jeffrey Gersh-man; Emert Wyss; Raymond Stillwell; Arthur Greenwood; Wyss, Stillwell, Greenwood & Walters, an Illinois General partnership; Daniel Platt; and Gerald Walters; (Doc. #354) is GRANTED, and said agreements are hereby APPROVED as made in good faith.”
“Plaintiffs motion to amend the Court’s April 2, 1993 Order (Doc. # 321) is GRANTED and said Order is hereby AMENDED to provide that this action is DISMISSED with prejudice as to the above-named defendants, without costs and with the right, upon good cause shown within sixty (60) days, to reopen the action if settlement is not consummated;”
“Plaintiffs motion to impose a pro tanto settlement bar (Doc. # 354) is also GRANT*300ED”
“The motions of defendants Spencer Smith, Emert Wyss, Arthur Greenwood, Raymond Stillwell, and Wyss, Greenwood, Stillwell & Walters, an Illinois General partnership, to vacate the Court’s Order of April 2, 1993 (Does. # 325, # 329, # 330) are hereby DENIED.”
“Defendant Jeffrey Michelman’s motion to join in Gershman’s alternative motion to impose a settlement bar (Doc. # 348) is GRANTED.”
“The alternative motion of defendants Jeffrey Gershman and Jeffrey Mi-chelman to impose a settlement bar based upon the proportionate fault rule (Doc. #346) is hereby DENIED.”
“The Court GRANTS defendants Illinois State Board of Elections and State of Illinois motion to dismiss (Doc. 25) and plaintiffs claims against these defendants are DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“The Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss filed by Jersey Community Unit School District # 100 (Doc. 29) and plaintiffs claims against this defendant are DISMISSED.”
“The Court GRANTS the motion to dismiss filed by defendant Shop N’ Save Warehouse Foods, Inc. (Doc. 40) and plaintiffs claims against this defendant are DISMISSED.”
“The Court GRANTS defendant Sinclair Food South, Inc.’s motion to Dismiss (Doc. 46) and the plaintiffs claims against this defendant are DISMISSED.”
“The Court GRANTS defendant Wal-Mart Store’s Inc.’s motion to dismiss (Doe. 54) and plaintiffs claims against this defendant are DISMISSED.”
“DENIES, as moot, plaintiffs motion for extension of time (Doc. 44).”
“DENIES, as moot, plaintiffs motions for leave to amend or correct the complaint (Docs. 45, 61)”
“DENIES, as moot, Plaintiffs motion for Order to show cause (Doc. 74).”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS the individual defendants’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. 46) and judgment is entered in favor of the individual defendants Karena Gleason, Nelson Adams, Bill Peyton and Pete Wessel, and against plaintiff Pamela Altman on all claims brought against them in Counts 1 — III, V, and VI of the Amended Complaint.”
“The Court GRANTS in part and DENIES in part defendant DCFS’ motion for summary judgment (Doc. 52).”
“The Court DENIES plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on Count V (Doc. 48).”
“The Court DENIES defendants’ motion to strike (Doc. 77)”
“and DENIES plain *934 tiffs cross-motion to strike (Doc. 80).”
“Plaintiffs second motion for extension of time to file response (Doc. 81) to defendant’s motion to strike is DENIED as moot.”
“Plaintiffs motion for collateral estoppel (Doc. 101) is DENIED.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS defendants’ motions to transfer (Docs. 6, 11), and pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a), TRANSFERS this action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.”
“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS defendant’s and intervenors’ motions to dismiss, and this cause of action is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.”
“Having determined that the Court is without jurisdiction to hear this case, inter-venors’ request for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 is DENIED.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 2024 days (N = 5).
The five sampled terminated matters included four prisoner civil-rights cases and one employment civil-rights case.
A historical record
Judge Stiehl 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.