Edward Francis Harrington

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts district Retired 2001 · served 1988–2001 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 15 signed orders read

Judge Harrington 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.

Ritter v. Durand Chevrolet, Inc.
Motions to dismiss (Durand defendants) Granted in part

“For the above reasons, the Court denies all defendants’ motions as to Count I and II, denies Durand’s motion in part and grants Durand’s motion in part as to Count III, and grants BayBank’s motion as to Count III.”

Motions to dismiss (BayBank) Granted in part
Ritter v. Durand Chevrolet, Inc.
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”

SMS Systems Maintenance Services, Inc. v. Digital Equipment Corp.
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants summary judgment for the defendant on the plaintiffs federal antitrust claim.”

Axelrod v. Phillips Academy
Summary judgment (defendant school) Denied

“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.”

Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Tymann
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff employer) Denied

“Motion for Preliminary Injunction is denied.”

Desrochers v. Hilton Hotels Corp.
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted in part

“For the reasons below, the Court grants the defendants’ motions with respect to Counts III and VI and denies the motion with respect to Count IV.”

Butt v. United States
Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss (Docket No. 9) is hereby GRANTED.”

DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co. v. Sonus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Harrington transferred the declaratory action so the related patent claims could be resolved in one forum: “Accordingly, the action is ordered transferred to the proper forum.”

Altman v. Kelly
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.”

Summary judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is denied as to Defendants Mercer, Kelly, and Anderson. As to Defendants Casey, White, and Town of Lexington, Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is allowed, with respect to Count I, for the reasons discussed below.”

Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners, LLC
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted in part

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Settled and Released Claims and Time-Barred Claims from the Fifth Amended Complaint (Docket No. 595) is, hereby, ALLOWED-IN-PART and DENIED-IN-PART.”

Dahl v. Bain Capital Partners, LLC
Summary judgment (joint defendants (Docket No. 630)) Denied

“The Defendants’ Omnibus Motion as to Count One is, therefore, denied.”

Summary judgment (HCA defendants (Docket No. 641)) Denied

“The HCA Defendants’ motions as to Count Two (No. 641, 639, 626, 622, 620) are DENIED.”

Summary judgment (JP Morgan (Docket No. 643)) Granted

“JP Morgan’s individual motion is allowed.”

Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 620)) Denied

“The remaining Defendants’ individual motions (Docket Nos. 620, 622, 624, 626, 629, 633, 635, 636, 639, 644) are DENIED as to Count One but may be renewed to address the evidence regarding their participation in the more narrowly-defined overarching conspiracy. The HCA Defendants’ motions as to Count Two (No. 641, 639, 626, 622, 620) are DENIED.”

Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 622)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 624)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 626)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 629)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 633)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 635)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 636)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 639)) Denied
Summary judgment (individual defendant (Docket No. 644)) Denied
United States v. Belle
Motions to dismiss (Omer Belle) Denied

“After oral argument, the Court hereby denies both motions, for the reasons set forth below.”

Motion to vacate guilty plea (Camille Belle) Denied

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 143 days (N = 20).

The 20 located historical cases were all closed and covered prisoner, employment, negotiable-instrument, patent, foreclosure, benefits, bankruptcy, contract, insurance, statutory, copyright, Social Security, civil-rights, fraud, lending, and personal-injury matters.

A historical record

Judge Harrington 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.