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.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
Position
district
Status
Elevated to a higher court
Served
1924–1925
Appointed by
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Commissioned
1924-01-08
Education
Read law (admitted to the Kentucky bar, 1900)
Signed orders read
2

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.

In re Duker Ave. Meat Market
· 1924-02-27
Petition for review (conditional-sale creditor) Granted

“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.”

Carthage Tobacco Works v. Barlow-Moore Tobacco Co.
· 1924-02-07
Request for injunction (tobacco manufacturer) Denied

“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. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.