Jack Murphy Gordon

How Judge Gordon rules, drawn from 18 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Position
district
Appointed by
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Commissioned
1971-06-22
Education
Louisiana State University, B.S., 1951; Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center), J.D., 1954
Signed orders read
18

Signed rulings

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

Smith v. Texaco Inc.
Summary judgment (defendant Texaco) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that defendant’s motion for summary judgment be GRANTED.”

Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Allied Chemical Corp.
Summary judgment (Moffett Group) Granted

“GRANTED the Moffett Group’s motion for summary judgment as to Count II and Count III”

Summary judgment (Mid-Continent Supply Company) Granted

“Mid-Continent’s motion as to Count II and Count III”

Summary judgment (Pennzoil Producing Company) Granted

“Pennzoil’s motion as to Count I and Count II.”

Shaffer v. Commissioner
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“the defendants’ motion to dismiss be GRANTED.”

Jones v. City of Houma
Summary judgment (City of Houma) Granted

“the motion of the defendant, City of Houma, for summary judgment is granted.”

Zemurray Foundation v. United States
Tax refund claim (plaintiff foundation) Granted

“judgment be entered in accordance with y^is opinion, in favor of the plaintiff, the Zemurray Foundation, and against the defendantj the United States of America, in the amount 0f $136,876.73 plus statutory interest thereon from the dates of payment”

Cummings v. "Sidarma" Soc.
Summary judgment (defendant shipowner) Granted

“the motion for summary judgment on behalf of ‘Sidarma’ Soc., is hereby GRANTED.”

Jones v. Texaco Panama, Inc.
Maritime collision claim (claimants) Granted in part

“the Court finds the LITTLE CHIP and the TEXACO OHIO 90% and 10% at fault, respectively, and hereby proportionately allocates liability for damages among them accordingly.”

Brinkley & West, Inc. v. Foremost Insurance Company
Summary judgment (defendant insurer) Granted

“summary judgment for the defendant is hereby granted.”

Billiot v. Toups Marine Transport, Inc.
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff seaman) Denied

“the Court hereby DENIES the plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction on the ground that it is procedurally incorrect.”

Edwards v. Reynaud
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“the defendants’ motion be and is hereby GRANTED, and that judgment be entered in favor of defendants and against the plaintiff, Frank M. Edwards, Jr., DISMISSING the complaints”

Rodrigue v. Chrysler Corp.
Motions to dismiss (defendant Chrysler) Granted

“defendant’s motion to dismiss the claims of the individual plaintiff, Bruce Rodrigue be GRANTED.”

Hamilton v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
Summary judgment (Houma Welders) Granted

“the Court hereby GRANTS, the motion of Houma Welders, Inc., for summary judgment.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed decisions span maritime injury and collision, federal taxation, civil rights, employment, insurance coverage, administrative review, and commercial contracts. The publication-selected set cannot support a career-wide caseload estimate.

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