Eugene Davis Saunders

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Appointed by Theodore Roosevelt (Republican) 7 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Mercantile Trust Co. v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Request for injunction (complainant) Denied

“For the reasons assigned, the prayer of the petition must be denied and the bill dismissed at complainant’s costs.”

Ansley Land Co. v. H. Weston Lumber Co.
Bill to cancel deed (complainant Ansley Land Co.) Granted

“The complainant is therefore entitled to a decree declaring the nullity of this deed and ordering its cancellation.”

Goldberg, Bowen & Co. v. German Insurance Co.
Motion to set aside default (defendant's receivers) Granted

“The motion to set aside the. default will therefore be granted.”

Motions to remand (defendant's receivers) Granted

“and it would be better for the parties and more in keeping with the proper relations between the state and federal court to remand the case.”

United States v. Morris' Heirs
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“I sustain the exception, on the ground that the appeal bond was a mere nullity, and dismiss the suit.”

Clement v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“I am convinced that the plaintiff cannot maintain the present suit, and the judgment of the court heretofore pronounced, dismissing the suit, is therefore maintained.”

Frank v. Suthon
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“must be overruled, and the defendant must file his answer.”

Christie & Lowe v. Fane S.S. Co.
Admiralty collision claim (libelant) Granted

“I think that the evidence shows that the Viet was in fault in not attempting to make the turn sooner than she did.”

Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Railroad Commission of Louisiana
Bill to enjoin rate order (complainant) Granted

“There will be judgment for complainant as prayed for in the bill.”

New York Life Ins. Co. v. Board of Assessors for the Parish of Orleans
Bill to enjoin tax assessment (complainant) Granted

“Judgment will be for complainant as prayed for.”

Steel Protected Concrete Co. v. Central Improvement & Contracting Co.
Patent infringement suit (complainant) Denied

“There must, then, be a decree in favor of defendants, rejecting plaintiff’s demands.”

Tompkins v. Creighton-McShane Oil Co.
Trespass to try title appeal (appellants (Tompkins heirs)) Granted

“The judgment must therefore be reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial, with instructions to the lower court to proceed in accordance with the views herein expressed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The sole recoverable decision concerns federal instrumentalities, access to federal courts, and constitutional limits on punitive state restrictions. It cannot support a broader caseload description.

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