Stanwood R. Duval Jr.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Retired 2017 · served 1994–2017 Appointed by William J. Clinton (Democratic) 16 signed orders read

Judge Duval 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.

Berthelot v. Travelers Insurance
Summary judgment (defendant United Wisconsin Life Insurance Company) Granted

“the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by United Wisconsin Life Insurance Company, the Motion to Dismiss and for More Definite Statement filed by Principal Health Care of Louisiana, Inc., and the Motion for Summary Judgment filed by Travelers Insurance Company, Travelers Health Network of Louisiana, Inc., MetraHealth Care Plan of Louisiana, Inc. MetraHealth Insurance Company, and United Health and Life Insurance Company are GRANTED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant Principal Health Care of Louisiana, Inc.) Granted
Summary judgment (Travelers-related defendants) Granted
Class certification (plaintiffs) Moot / procedural

“as result of the dismissal of this case by this order, such motion has become moot.”

McKnight v. Illinois Central Railroad
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Denied

“plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand and Motion for Leave to Amend Complaint is DENIED.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiffs) Moot / procedural

“the Motion for Leave to Amend is moot and need not be considered by the Court.”

Lang v. French
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

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

Ventura Maritime Co., Ltd. v. ADM Export Co.
Motion to stay and compel arbitration (plaintiff/counter-defendant Ventura Maritime Co., Ltd.) Granted

“the Motion to Stay Litigation and Compel Arbitration is hereby GRANTED.”

School Board of the Parish of St. Charles v. Quala Systems, Inc.
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Denied

“the motion to remand is DENIED.”

Reliable Home Health Care, Inc. v. Shalala
Summary judgment (defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services) Granted

“the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is GRANTED, and the plaintiffs petition for judicial review is DISMISSED with prejudice at its costs.”

Atkinson v. Boyne
Judgment on the pleadings (defendants) Denied

“the Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings is DENIED.”

Wexler v. City of New Orleans
Preliminary injunction (plaintiffs) Granted

“the Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, (Rec.Doc.18) is GRANTED and is hereby converted into a Permanent Injunction, effective this date.”

Landry v. Specialty Diving of Louisiana, Inc.
Summary judgment (defendant Specialty Diving of Louisiana, Inc.) Granted

“defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is hereby GRANTED.”

Dorsey v. Money MacK Music, Inc.
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted

“plaintiffs Motion to Remand is hereby GRANTED and this matter is REMANDED to the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans.”

Siemens Building Technologies v. Jefferson Parish
Motions to dismiss (defendants Jefferson Parish and Jefferson Parish Council) Granted

“defendants Motion to Dismiss (Rec.Doc. No. 5) is hereby GRANTED.”

Arch v. Treasure Chest Casino, L.L.C.
Summary judgment (defendant Treasure Chest Casino, L.L.C.) Granted

“defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Rec.Doc. 22) is hereby GRANTED and plaintiffs claims aré hereby DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 227 days (N = 10).

Median motion-to-ruling time: 22 days (N = 7).

A ten-case 2006 cohort was fully terminated and included ERISA, prisoner civil-rights, insurance, maritime, contract, and other federal civil matters. The cohort is illustrative rather than career-wide.

A historical record

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