William George Juergens

How Judge Juergens rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
Position
District judge
Status
Deceased
Served
1956–1988
Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Commissioned
June 22, 1956
Education
Carthage College, A.B. (1925); University of Michigan Law School, J.D. (1928)
Signed orders read
1

About Judge Juergens

William George Juergens was a judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Judge Juergens was commissioned to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Illinois on June 22, 1956 and reassigned to this court on March 31, 1979. Judge Juergens served until death on December 7, 1988.

How Judge Juergens decides

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

What persuades

In Endicott, Juergens set aside a civil-rights verdict after finding the plaintiff’s evidence insufficient to support it.

“The Court has briefly recited the evidence presented by the plaintiff to establish his alleged violation of constitutional rights as to free speech and liberty and property rights and finds no evidence to support the verdict.”

Signed rulings

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

Endicott v. Huddleston
· 1979-12-17
Motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (defendants) Granted

“the defendants’ Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdicts be and the same is hereby allowed, and the verdicts are set aside”

Motion for new trial (defendants) Granted

“if the granting of the N.O.V. is vacated or set aside by the Court of Appeals, then and in that case the defendants be granted a new trial.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned Southern District docket records were returned under four plausible Juergens name variants.

A historical record

Judge Juergens no longer hears cases. 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.