William Louis Beatty
How Judge Beatty rules, drawn from 7 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Beatty no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Beatty decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Richter, Beatty treated the plan administrator’s repeated requests for missing medical support as evidence that its denial was not arbitrary or capricious.
“The record presented to the court establishes that Fortis thoroughly reviewed the Plaintiffs records and submissions, however, it determined that the information received did not support an award of disability benefits.”
Procedural preferences
In United Van Lines, Beatty applied the filed tariff despite the customers’ equitable defense.
“the filed rate doctrine cannot be varied based on equitable defenses.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the motion of Wisconsin Barge Line, Inc. for summary judgment be and is hereby granted and that this cause is dismissed with prejudice”
“the Court reverses the portion of the Bankruptcy Court’s order which subordinated the fees and expenses of the Investors’ Committee to the reasonable fees and expenses of the Creditors’ Committee.”
“the Court enters judgment for the plaintiff and against the defendant and assesses damages in the sum of $624,175.00 plus taxable costs.”
“the defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment based upon the government contractor defense, must be and the same hereby are, granted.”
“the defendants’ Motions for Summary Judgment are well taken, and accordingly, judgment is hereby entered on behalf of General Dynamics Corporation and McDonnell Douglas Corporation and against plaintiff.”
“the Bankruptcy Court is affirmed, however, because this court is unable to ascertain whether the debtors failed to modify their plan in order to appeal the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling, the Chapter 13 proceeding is reinstated.”
“the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment and Motion to Dismiss the Counterclaims of the Defendants, (Doc. 13), is granted.”
“The Plaintiffs request for pre-judgment interest is denied.”
“the Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, (Doc. 17) is granted.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 3121 days (N = 5).
All five sampled terminated matters were asbestos product-liability cases.
A historical record
Judge Beatty 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.