Charles Harwood Moorman
How Judge Moorman rules, drawn from 2 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Moorman no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Moorman
Charles Harwood Moorman was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, Judge Moorman received a commission on January 8, 1924. Judge Moorman left the court on February 2, 1925 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
How Judge Moorman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Moorman treated state law as controlling the relative priority of liens when federal bankruptcy law did not supply an inconsistent rule.
“the nature and extent of these ‘rights, remedies and powers’ must be determined by the law of the state, where not inconsistent with the Bankruptcy Act.”
Moorman rejected trademark infringement where the competing labels remained readily distinguishable even on a cursory comparison.
“there is, as will be seen from the preceding descriptions, such a marked difference in the main features of the two that even the most cursory examination would reveal no similarity in general appearance.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The petition for review is sustained, and the referee is directed to permit an amendment to the prayer of the petition to conform to the allegations of a lien.”
“For the reasons stated, the injunction is -denied, and the bill is dismissed, at plaintiff’s cost.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned electronic docket sample was available for a historical caseload description.
A historical record
Judge Moorman 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.