George Brody
How Judge Brody rules, drawn from 11 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Brody no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Brody decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
A privilege protecting joint legal work ended when the original clients' interests became adverse to each other.
“The joint defense privilege does not bar discovery of the category two entries.”
Procedural preferences
Retroactive professional employment required exceptional circumstances and could not cure knowing work without authorization.
“the entry of a nunc pro tunc order is not justified under the exceptional circumstances rule nor under any other rule”
Cautions
Federal program regulations did not, without more, create property or contractual rights supporting damages or equitable subordination.
“The complaint does not contain any factual allegations which even remotely justify invoking the doctrine of equitable subordination.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The motion to quash is denied.”
“the entry of a nunc pro tunc order is not justified under the exceptional circumstances rule nor under any other rule”
“Howard and Dial have not established grounds for vacating the stay”
“there was no need for the debtor to reject the consultation agreement”
“Armco’s motion for summary judgment is denied”
“Armco’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“the breach of contract action against the individual defendants and the government should be dismissed.”
“The plaintiffs’ request for subordination is denied.”
“the rents are not available for the use of the debtor as cash collateral.”
“Centennial was prohibited by section 365(e)(1) from terminating the policy.”
“the withdrawal liability claim is not subject to the limitation imposed by section 502(b)(7)”
“there is no merit to the University’s contention.”
“the lien, as perfected, is not avoidable by the trustee or the debtor.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No caseload or duration estimate is reported.
A historical record
Judge Brody 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.