Robert Ernest Keeton

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts district Retired 2006 · served 1979–2006 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 14 signed orders read

Judge Keeton 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.

Goldman v. Barnett
Motion for leave to file reply (defendant trustees) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File Reply to Plaintiff’s Opposition to the Avery Trust’s Summary Judgment Motion (Docket No. 58) is allowed.”

Summary judgment (defendant trustees) Granted in part

“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 48) is allowed in part and denied in part.”

Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Summary judgment (plaintiff insurer) Denied

“Plaintiff Liberty Mutual Insurance Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 37) is DENIED.”

Motion for leave to file oversize brief (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Consented-to Motion for Leave of Court to File Memorandum in Excess of Twenty Pages (Docket No. 43) is ALLOWED.”

Motion to amend counterclaim (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Consented-to Motion for Leave of Court to File Second-Amended Counterclaim (Docket No. 47) is ALLOWED.”

Mandel v. Town of Orleans
Motion to recuse (defendants) Denied

“Defendants’ Motion to Recuse (Docket No. 48-1, filed November 15, 2002) is DENIED;”

Motions to stay (defendants) Denied

“In the order below, the entire Motion to Stay is denied.”

Ciccone v. USAirways, Inc.
Summary judgment (defendant airline) Granted

“Defendant USAirways, Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 14, filed February 23, 2001) is ALLOWED.”

USTRUST v. U.S. Trust Co. of New York
Motions to stay (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s Motion for Stay of Judgment Pending Appeal (Docket No. 371, filed August 7, 2002) is DENIED;”

Motion for leave to file reply (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Assented-to Motion for Leave to File Reply to Plaintiffs’ Response to Request for Clarification and Suggested Modification of Proposed Order (Docket No. 375, filed August 23, 2002) is ALLOWED;”

Motion to amend judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“Defendant’s Request for Clarification or Amendment of Judgment Entered July 24, 2002 (Docket No. 370, filed August 7, 2002) is ALLOWED to the extent that the Judgment will be amended as described in Part II above, and is otherwise DISMISSED;”

Cabral v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Summary judgment (defendant insurer) Denied

“Defendant St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 9, filed June 15, 1999) is DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs Cross Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 14, filed July 9,1999) is DENIED.”

First Massachusetts Bank v. Daoust
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs Motion to Remand (Docket No. 6) is DENIED.”

Intergen N.V. v. Grina
Motion for permission to contact former employees (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiffs Motion for Permission to Contact Former Employees (Docket No. 57, filed March 26, 2002) is ALLOWED.”

Massachusetts Asset Financing Corp. v. Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP
Summary judgment (defendant valuation firm) Granted

“MB Valuation Services Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Docket No. 57) is ALLOWED;”

Motions to strike (defendant law firm) Moot / procedural

“Harter Secrest’s Motion to Strike Portions of the Affidavits of Richard Gordon, John Nadel, and ‘Robert Boerman (Docket No. 71) is DISMISSED as moot;”

Motion to delay hearing (plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“MAFCO’s Motion for Brief Delay in Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment of Sardone Robinson (Docket No. 77) is DISMISSED as moot;”

Lassman v. United States
Default judgment (United States) Granted

“United States’ Motion for the Entry of Judgment by Default Against the Defendant Francisca T. Murphy and for the Distribution of the Interpled Fund to the United States (Docket No. 16) is ALLOWED.”

Motion to discharge interpleader (plaintiff trustee) Granted

“Plaintiffs Motion for an Order Discharging Plaintiff (Docket No. 17) is ALLOWED.”

Buster v. Murphy (In re 110 Beaver Street Partnership)
Motions to stay (appellants) Denied

“Appellants’ Emergency Motion for Stay Pending Appeal (Docket Nos. 43 and 15) is DENIED.”

City of Boston v. Smith & Wesson Corp.
Motions to remand (plaintiffs) Granted

“Plaintiffs’ Motion to Remand (Docket No. 24) is ALLOWED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 499 days (N = 12).

The 20 located historical dockets were all closed. The civil subset included environmental, patent, contract, Miller Act, benefits, civil-rights, habeas, and other statutory matters.

A historical record

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