Stewart Albert Newblatt

How Judge Newblatt rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Newblatt no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Position
district
Status
Retired 2022
Served
1979–2022
Appointed by
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Commissioned
1979-09-26
Education
University of Michigan (B.A., 1950); University of Michigan Law School (J.D., 1952)
Signed orders read
19

How Judge Newblatt decides

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

What persuades

The court rejected reliance on a document found in a manual where the employer supplied overwhelming evidence that it had never made the document company policy.

“there is really no contrary evidence that the ‘policy’ was adopted”

Procedural preferences

The court treated service through the state insurance commissioner as complete for removal purposes when the insurer actually received the process, making its amended notice timely.

“only upon actual receipt by the defendant”

Cautions

The court denied postjudgment relief where the evidence could have been pursued earlier and the plaintiffs had not used available discovery procedures.

“plaintiffs filed neither a motion to compel nor an affidavit pursuant to Rule 56(f)”

Signed rulings

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

Trustees of the Flint Michigan Laborers' Pension Fund v. In-Puls Construction Co.
· 1993-03-18
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Granted

“Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the motion is GRANTED.”

Rodgers v. Flint Journal
· 1991-02-12
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment is therefore GRANTED and plaintiff's complaint is hereby DISMISSED.”

Taphouse v. Home Insurance Co., Inc.
· 1995-05-10
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the Court deems proper defendant’s removal of this action, and plaintiffs motion to remand is DENIED.”

Pressley v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
· 1990-01-12
Summary judgment (Metropolitan Life Insurance Company) Granted

“Before the Court is Metropolitan Life Insurance Company’s Motion For Summary Judgment and Dorothy Pressley’s Motion For Summary Judgment. For the reasons which follow and those stated in the movants’ briefs, both motions are GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (Dorothy Pressley) Granted
Ponder v. Allstate Insurance
· 1990-01-17
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons and those stated in plaintiff’s brief, plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment on defendants first two affirmative defenses is hereby GRANTED.”

Lantz v. Private Satellite Television, Inc.
· 1993-01-26
Judgment on the pleadings (defendant Signet Securities Corporation) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, defendant Signet Securities Corporation’s motion for judgment on the pleadings is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART, as specified herein.”

Furtado v. AC Spark Plug
· 1988-04-12
Motions to remand (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s Motion for Remand is DENIED.”

Withers v. Ringlein
· 1990-10-02
Motion for new trial (plaintiff) Denied

“Thus, the motion for a new trial based upon this ground is DENIED.”

Mielke v. ANR Freight System, Inc.
· 1989-06-09
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Before the Court is defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, April 10, 1989. For the reasons stated below this motion is GRANTED.”

Burns v. Accelerated Bureau of Collections of Virginia, Inc.
· 1993-07-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Therefore, defendant’s motion to dismiss is GRANTED and this case is DISMISSED.”

Harris v. Agrivest Limited Partnership II
· 1993-02-11
Summary judgment (Michigan National Bank) Moot / procedural

“The motion for summary judgment by MNB is now MOOT.”

Request for approval of partial settlement and bar order (settling parties) Granted

“It is the opinion of this Court that the proposed settlement is reasonable so long as the proportionate fault method of setoff is employed. Therefore, the Court will sign an appropriately drafted bar order.”

United States ex rel. Smith v. Gilbert Realty Co.
· 1993-12-09
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“In this Court’s Order of July 27, 1993, it granted Plaintiff summary judgment as to liability under this count.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Newblatt carried a general civil and criminal trial caseload in the Eastern District of Michigan during active and senior service. The contested outcomes described here come from his published opinions.

A historical record

Judge Newblatt 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.