Edith Brown Clement

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Retired 2001 · served 1991–2001 Appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican) 20 signed orders read

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

Signed rulings

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

Scottsdale Insurance v. Harris
· 2001-04-06
Summary judgment (plaintiff Scottsdale Insurance Co.) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiff Scottsdale Insurance Co.’s Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED.”

Baza v. Chevron Oil Service Co.
· 1996-08-09
Motion for reconsideration (Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, Part 3 of the ‘Analysis’ section of the Order and Reasons of July 19 is VACATED insofar as it holds that Gauthier is entitled to contractual indemnity insurance under the policy issued by the Underwriters. Instead, the Court now holds that, as a matter of law, Gauthier is not entitled to contractual indemnity insurance where it is obligated to indemnify Chevron for liability under its agreement with Chevron. In all other respects, the Underwriters’ Motion for Reconsideration is DENIED.”

Earhart v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
· 1993-10-14
Motions to dismiss (defendant Chevron U.S.A. Inc.) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant Chevron’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED.”

Hunter v. Seabulk Offshore, Ltd.
· 1998-02-19
Motions to dismiss (defendants Seabulk Offshore, Ltd. and Kerr-McGee Corporation) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintiffs Claim for Punitive Damages is GRANTED.”

Texas Commerce Bank National Ass'n v. Suarez
· 1994-01-31
Summary judgment (plaintiff Texas Commerce Bank National Association) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is GRANTED.”

ST. BERNARD SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION v. Robin Seafood, Inc.
· 1992-02-12
Motion for stay (Resolution Trust Corporation) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the RTC’s motion for stay is DENIED.”

Elmwood Village Center v. Kmart Corp.
· 1994-09-08
Exception lack subject matter jurisdiction (defendant Kmart Corporation) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, defendant’s Exception of Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction is DENIED.”

Hibernia Community Development Corp. v. U.S.E. Community Services Group, Inc.
· 2001-04-13
Motions to remand (plaintiffs Hibernia Community Development Corp. and related parties) Denied

“the plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand is DENIED.”

In Re United States Abatement Corp.
· 1993-08-02
Bankruptcy appeal (debtor United States Abatement Corporation) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling is AFFIRMED, and United States Abatement Corporation’s appeal in Civ. No. 93-1560 is DISMISSED.”

United States Abatement Corp. v. Mobil Exploration & Producing U.S., Inc. (In Re United States Abatement Corp.)
· 1993-08-03
Bankruptcy appeal (debtor United States Abatement Corporation) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Bankruptcy Court’s ruling is AFFIRMED, and the appeal is DISMISSED.”

Howell v. City of New Orleans
· 1994-02-07
Application for temporary restraining order (plaintiffs challenging Municipal Ordinance No. 93-16192MCS) Granted

“plaintiffs’ application for a temporary restraining order should be GRANTED.”

Elmwood Dry Dock & Repair v. H & A Trading Co.
· 1994-01-07
Motion to lift automatic stay (plaintiff Elmwood Dry Dock & Repair) Moot / procedural

“IT IS ORDERED that Elmwood’s motion to lift automatic stay is referred to the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Docket No. 93-5530.”

Motion for stay (ORBI) Granted

“motions to stay these proceedings are GRANTED”

Motion for stay (H & A Trading Co.) Granted
Motion to recognize claim (ORBI) Denied

“motions to recognize claims are DENIED.”

Motion to recognize claim (General Electric Capital Corporation) Denied

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 360 days (N = 10).

A fixed-seed sample of ten early-tenure cases included civil-rights, maritime-injury, prisoner, contract, trademark, product-liability, employment, and miscellaneous matters. All ten sampled cases were terminated.

A historical record

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