Charles Edward Wyzanski Jr.
Judge Wyzanski no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wyzanski decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Wyzanski preserved alternative remedies when the record did not yet justify forcing a plaintiff to choose between them.
“It is too early to require plaintiff to elect between the two counts.”
Wyzanski treated superior advocacy as valuable even when it was economical, concise, and produced by relatively young counsel.
“the very economy of counsel’s methods and his youth are perhaps the most significant hall marks of an outstanding talent.”
Procedural preferences
In document-heavy litigation, Wyzanski expected counsel to select, read, and explain the evidence on which they relied.
“Counsel cannot dump into the lap of the Court an undigested mass of documents comprising hundreds of thousands of pages and then expect the Court to read all of them”
Wyzanski left threshold waiver questions to the arbitrator when the collective-bargaining agreement placed the underlying grievance within arbitration.
“if it could be said that the issues with respect to the waiver are not substantive issues but procedural issues they would be appropriate matters to be determined by the arbitrators.”
Cautions
Wyzanski declined to use equitable power when the plaintiff had not yet suffered a legal restraint and could protect its position by proceeding.
“The chancellor ought not to use the powers of an equity court merely to stiffen a plaintiff’s own spine.”
When designing antitrust relief, Wyzanski emphasized institutional limits and the need for judicial restraint.
“a trial judge is only one man, and should move with caution and humility.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the order of the referee is set aside with instructions to him to find the subsidiary facts as to what services were rendered”
“Ordered that (1) the Referee’s disallowance of the Board’s amended claim be set aside”
“The application for leave to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis is granted”
“but the petition is denied for the foregoing reasons.”
“Defendant violated § 2 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.’C.A. § 2, by monopolizing the shoe machinery trade and commerce among the several States. Defendant violated the same section of the law by monopolizing that part of the interstate trade and commerce in tacks, nails, eyelets, grommets, and hooks, which is concerned with supplying the demand for those products by shoe factories within the United States. The other charges of violation of the Sherman Act set forth in the complaint are dismissed with prejudice.”
“Petition denied. Referee’s order affirmed.”
“I allow, in addition to disbursements of $856.85, a reasonable attorney’s fee of $35,000”
“Judgment to enter dismissing the complaint against American Surety Company”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-level docket record was returned for Wyzanski's tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about caseload mix, case duration, administrative dispositions, or motion timing.
A historical record
Judge Wyzanski no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.