Robert Rees Summerhays

How Judge Summerhays rules, drawn from 34 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana
Position
district
Appointed by
Donald Trump (Republican)
Commissioned
2018-09-19
Education
B.A. (high honors, Phi Beta Kappa), University of Texas at Austin; J.D. (high honors, Order of the Coif), University of Texas School of Law
Signed orders read
34

Signed rulings

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

Evanston Ins. Co. v. Riceland Petroleum Co.
· 2019-03-28
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“The court finds there are no genuine issues of material fact and Evanston is entitled to summary judgment. The court finds Evanston does not owe a duty to defend or indemnity Riceland in the Van Geffen litigation.”

Goodman v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co.
6:18-cv-00623-RRS-PJH · 2019-11-05
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“the Motion for Summary Judgment [doc. 13] filed by Reliance is GRANTED”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“the Amended Motion for Summary Judgment [doc. 19] filed by Plaintiff is DENIED.”

Trahan v. City of Crowley
6:20-cv-00353-RRS-PJH · 2022-05-12
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, Abshire’s Motion for Summary Judgment [ECF No. 42] is DENIED.”

Carter v. Dolgencorp L.L.C.
2:16-cv-01540-RRS-KK · 2019-06-03
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the reasons set forth above, the motion for summary judgment [ECF No. 48] filed by Defendant is DENIED.”

State of Arizona, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, et al.
6:22-cv-00885 · 2022-04-27
Motion for temporary restraining order (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT for the next 14 days, unless this Court acts to extend or shorten that period: Defendants, including DHS and all of its subdivisions, agencies, and employees, are hereby enjoined and restrained from implementing the Termination Order...”

State of Arizona, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, et al.
6:22-cv-00885 · 2022-05-11
Motion to extend tro (plaintiff) Granted

“The Court has considered Plaintiff States' Motion to Extend Temporary Restraining Order, and IT IS HEREBY ORDERED granting the motion.”

State of Arizona, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, et al.
6:22-cv-00885 · 2022-05-13
Motion to intervene (third_party) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motion for Limited Intervention [62], filed by Kevin Alexi De Leon De Leon, Alicia De Los Angeles Duran Raymundo, Innovation Law Lab. The motion was argued and is hereby DENIED.”

State of Arizona, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, et al.
6:22-cv-00885 · 2022-05-20
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED THAT the Plaintiff States' Motion for Preliminary Injunction [ECF No. 13] is GRANTED; IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT Defendants...are hereby enjoined from enforcing the April 1, 2022 Order Under Sections 362 & 365 of the Public Health Service Act anywhere within the United States”

State of Arizona, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, et al.
6:22-cv-00885 · 2022-05-27
Motions to stay (third_party) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED THAT the Expedited Motion to Stay Nationwide Scope of Preliminary Injunction Pending Appeal [ECF No. 97] filed by Alicia De Los Angles Duran Raymundo, Kevin Alexi De Leon and Innovation Law Lab is DENIED.”

State of Louisiana, et al. v. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
6:22-cv-00885 · 2023-06-14
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Moot / procedural

“IT IS ORDERED THAT the above-captioned case is hereby DISMISSED AS MOOT.”

Phillip Callais, et al. v. Nancy Landry
3:24-cv-00122 · 2024-04-30
Motion for injunctive relief (plaintiff) Granted

“In light of the foregoing, the Court GRANTS PLAINTIFFS' REQUEST FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF. The State of Louisiana is prohibited from using SB8's map of congressional districts for any election.”

Lillian Lynette Mejia, et al. v. Lafayette Consolidated Government, et al.
6:23-cv-00307 · 2024-10-31
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that, consistent with the report and recommendation, the Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss (Rec. Doc. 53) filed by Mark Garber...Rusty Santiny...and Sara Orgeron...(‘LPSO Defendants’) is hereby GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. Specifically, the Court grants LPSO Defendants' Motion in part, whereby all federal Constitutional claims against them are dismissed but denies LPSO Defendants' Motion in part, whereby all claims against them arising under state law shall proceed on the basis of supplemental jurisdiction.”

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