Morey Leonard Sear

How Judge Sear rules, drawn from 25 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
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Commissioned
1976-05-07
Education
Tulane University Law School, J.D., 1950
Signed orders read
25

Signed rulings

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

First Commonwealth Corp. v. Hibernia National Bank of New Orleans
Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s motion for reconsideration of denial of summary judgment is DENIED.”

Mitchell v. Iolab Corp.
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the grounds that plaintiff’s state law tort claims are preempted by the federal regulations is DENIED.”

Schultz v. Louisiana Dock Co.
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ motion for summary judgment IS GRANTED.”

Gallagher v. State Farm Insurance
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”

Louisiana Builders Services, Inc. v. Levine (In re Levine)
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Bankruptcy Court granting summary judgment is REVERSED and the matter is REMANDED to the Bankruptcy Court for further proceedings consistent herewith.”

Richard v. Southern Pacific Transp. Co.
Motion to disqualify counsel (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that defendant’s motion to disqualify plaintiff’s counsel and his law firm is DENIED.”

Matter of Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Co., Inc.
Summary judgment (petitioner) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that Cooper/T. Smith’s motion for partial summary judgment on claimant’s Jones Act seaman status is DENIED.”

Williams v. City of New Orleans
Motion to approve consent decree (plaintiff and defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the proposed consent decree is APPROVED.”

Matter of La Cache Land Co., Inc.
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, the order of the bankruptcy judge is VACATED.”

In Re Waterman Steamship Corp.
Motions to dismiss (petitioner) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that Waterman Steamship Corporation and Amsouth Banks’ motion to dismiss the consortium claims and the punitive damages claims is GRANTED.”

In Re Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the bankruptcy judge’s order of August__12, 1988 is set aside.”

Dyer v. Parish of Jefferson
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

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

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed decisions span maritime and admiralty matters, bankruptcy appeals, banking and insurance disputes, civil rights, employment, federal jurisdiction, and multidistrict litigation; no structured nature-of-suit enumeration was available for this closed historical docket.

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