Thomas Whitten Slick

How Judge Slick rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1925–1959
Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Commissioned
1925-02-17
Education
University of Michigan Law School, LL.B. (1893)
Signed orders read
23

How Judge Slick decides

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

What persuades

In Walling, Slick denied an injunction after finding that the employee partnership was a legitimate effort to preserve work rather than an evasion of federal wage law.

“I see, in the evidence before me, no indication of fraud or evasion”

Procedural preferences

In Jacobs, Slick rejected late intervention where the existing plaintiffs were adequately represented and the proposed intervenor had no necessary role.

“The plaintiffs are adequately represented by reputable counsel and I am of the opinion that it is not necessary that anyone be permitted to intervene”

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Johnson
· 1929-06-18
Demurrer (defendant) Granted

“the demurrer should be and hereby is sustained as to each count of the indictment”

Shedd v. State Line Generating Co.
· 1929-08-22
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“The motion of defendant to dismiss the amended bill for want of equity is sustained.”

Monteith Bros. v. United States
· 1942-12-24
Judgment on the pleadings (plaintiff) Granted

“Judgment should go to the plaintiff.”

Martin v. Old-First Nat. Bank & Trust Co.
· 1934-01-25
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“The petition to remand is sustained.”

In re Lowman
· 1934-11-20
Application for injunction (debtor) Granted

“The injunction will therefore issue.”

Leahy v. Kunkel
· 1933-10-24
Petition for writ of habeas corpus (petitioner) Denied

“The application for discharge is denied, and the petitioner is remanded to the custody of the respondent.”

Columbian Nat. Life Ins. v. Wallerstein
· 1936-02-26
Demurrer (defendants) Granted

“an order will be entered sustaining the demurrer.”

Stephenson v. Daly
· 1932-12-05
Motions to dismiss (respondent) Granted

“The motion to dismiss the petition is sustained”

Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Public Service Commission
· 1932-10-01
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Denied

“The motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction and to quash the issuance and service of the subpoena should be and is denied.”

Motion to quash (defendants) Denied
In re Indiana Concrete Pipe Co.
· 1929-07-10
Petition to review (seller) Granted

“The petition- to review is sustained.”

Reclamation petition (seller) Granted

“The reclamation petition is allowed”

Starr v. Superheater Co.
· 1942-07-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“the motion to dismiss should be and is overruled.”

Jacobs v. Volney Felt Mills, Inc.
· 1942-10-07
Motion to intervene (federal administrator) Denied

“the petition to intervene should be and is denied.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned Northern District docket records were returned under two plausible Slick name variants.

A historical record

Judge Slick 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.