Louis Henry Burns

How Judge Burns rules, drawn from 20 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
Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
Commissioned
1925-12-21
Education
Tulane University Law School, LL.B., 1904
Signed orders read
20

Signed rulings

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

The Bifrost
Jurisdictional exception (vessel master) Granted

“Let the libel be dismissed.”

Prejean v. Delaware-Louisiana Fur Trapping Co.
Exception of vagueness (defendant) Granted

“The exceptions will be sustained, the petition dismissed, and judgment entered in favor of defendant, with costs.”

Exception of no right or cause of action (defendant) Granted
Jurisdictional exception (defendant) Granted
Churchill Line v. Gulf Naval Stores Supply Co.
Maritime contract claim (libelant) Granted

“There will be a decree for libelant. Costs to follow decree.”

The Katherine
Rule to segregate proceeds (mortgage creditor) Denied

“Accordingly, the rule to segregate and turn over the proceeds of sale of the wireless apparatus to the civil sheriff of the parish of Orleans will be.discharged.”

In re Godwin
Bankruptcy appeal (bankrupt's attorney) Granted

“Accordingly the order complained of will be vacated and set aside, and the case remanded to the referee for further proceedings”

Walnut Creek Milling Co. v. Grain Products Co.
Bankruptcy appeal (bankrupts) Denied

“Accordingly the petition of the bankrupts for review will be dismissed, and the order of the referee affirmed.”

Guillot v. Bancroft
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the motion to dismiss is sustained, provided, however, under the authority of section 274a of the Judicial Code”

Rose v. United American Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Denied

“The motion to remand the cause to the civil district court will therefore be denied”

United States v. Davis
Petition for probation (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the prayer of the petition will be denied, and the rule dismissed, so that warrant on execution of sentence may issue in due course.”

Gulf Coast Transp. Co. v. Ruddock-Orleans Cypress Co.
Admiralty collision claim (libelant) Granted

“Accordingly there will be a decree, with costs, in favor of libelant.”

Becker v. Stander
Motion to dismiss rule (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, the plaintiff’s motion to dismiss rule will be denied, and the rule of defendants to assess damages reinstated for summary hearing.”

In re Watts
Bankruptcy appeal (mortgage creditor) Granted

“The order of the referee will be vacated and set aside, and an order entered directing the trustee to release and surrender his possession and control of the real estate described in the petition and schedules”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The recoverable decisions span bankruptcy review, admiralty and maritime disputes, copyright, removal, federal taxation, immigration, contract damages, and criminal probation. The publication-selected corpus cannot support a career-wide caseload estimate.

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