Lori S. Simpson

How Judge Simpson rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Maryland
Position
bankruptcy
Commissioned
2016-09-07
Signed orders read
1

How Judge Simpson decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

A losing legal theory may avoid sanctions when it presents a nonfrivolous statutory question that binding precedent has not yet resolved.

“Plaintiff's argument that Md. Cts. & Jud. Proc. Code Ann. § 5-1201 et seq . abrogated the common law rule, while unlikely to succeed, is nonfrivolous.”

Signed rulings

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

Jaley v. American Express National Bank (In re Jaley)
· 2019-04-26
Motions to dismiss (American Express National Bank) Granted

“Based on the foregoing, the Court finds and concludes that it should grant the Motion to Dismiss and deny the Motion for Sanctions.”

Motion for sanctions (American Express National Bank) Denied

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