Charles Andrew Willard
How Judge Willard rules, drawn from 27 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Willard no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Willard decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
A debtor's unexplained omission of cash from bankruptcy schedules could independently sustain an objection to discharge.
“Without some explanation from the bankrupt himself or from the surrounding circumstances, this fact-alone would be sufficient to sustain the objections to a discharge.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated in the opinion in the Drozda Case, the order of the referee is reversed, and the claim of A. O. Meinke and of Meinke Bros, is disallowed.”
Willard held that the Webb-Kenyon Act did not prohibit the interstate beer shipment described in the opinion, but the published text did not state an express judgment or motion disposition.
“That order is modified, so as to disallow the claim without prejudice to *928the right of the claimant to present another claim to the referee for the balance due him upon an accounting of their partnership affairs between himself and the bankrupt Hirth, and, except as so modified, the order of the referee is affirmed.”
“. The order of the referee dated March 27, 1909,_ whereby the application of the trustee for the canceling and vacating of the chattel mortgage of $1,000 made to Robert M. Hassinger by the bankrupt Kullberg on the 8th day of December, 1908, was denied is in all things hereby confirmed.”
“The order of the referee is affirmed.”
“Let the bill be dismissed, with costs.”
“It is therefore now here ordered that the answer of the National Surety Company and the plea of Hurley be overruled; that said Hurley be and hereby is adjudged a bankrupt; and that the case he referred to the proper referee for further proceedings in accordance with law.”
“The order of the referee is reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings.”
“After due consideration of the evidence in the case and of all the circumstances surrounding it, it is now ordered that the bankrupt’s petition for a discharge be and the same hereby is denied.”
Willard explained how creditors could obtain out-of-district testimony, but the published text did not expressly dispose of the application before him.
“Counsel for defendant moves the court to direct the jury to return a verdict in favor of the defendant. The court grants the motion, and counsel for plaintiff excepts to the ruling.”
“If it were discretionary with the court, to make the order, the motion would be granted; but it is denied, on the sole ground of want of power to make it.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned electronic dockets were found for Willard's 1909–1914 tenure, so the record does not support a caseload distribution or timing analysis.
A historical record
Judge Willard 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.