Earl Richard Larson

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota district Deceased · served 1961–2001 Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 28 signed orders read

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

How Judge Larson decides

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

Cautions

When granting emergency relief, Larson expressly weighed likelihood of success, irreparable harm, injury to the opposing party, and the public interest.

“Considerations include the plaintiff’s eventual likelihood of success on the merits, whether or not plaintiff will be irreparably damaged if the Court does not grant the relief sought, the extent of injury to the defendant if the injunction issues, and the public interest.”

Signed rulings

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

Laing v. Minnesota Vikings Football Club, Inc.
· 1973-07-06
Summary judgment (defendant Minnesota Vikings Football Club) Granted

“the Court must grant defendant’s summary judgment motion”

In re Bichel Optical Laboratories, Inc.
· 1969-01-29
Motion for leave to amend (alleged bankrupt) Denied

“The motion of the Alleged Bankrupt to amend its Amended Answer to assert a counterclaim against petitioning creditor Shuron Continental, Division of Textron, Inc., is denied.”

Adkins v. Northfield Foundry and MacHine Co.
· 1974-11-05
Motions to dismiss (defendant Advance Machinery Company) Granted

“the Court grants defendant Advance’s motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction over it.”

LaLonde v. United States
· 1972-10-12
Motion for injunctive relief (plaintiff taxpayer) Denied

“plaintiff’s motion for injunctive relief is denied”

Motions to dismiss (defendant United States) Granted

“the Government’s motion to dismiss must be, and is hereby, granted.”

Ahlstrand v. Lethert
· 1970-08-19
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“this Court dismisses plaintiff’s complaint under Rule 12(b) (6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.”

Naegele v. United States
· 1973-08-06
Tax refund claim (plaintiff taxpayer) Granted

“Naegele is allowed to carry its aggregate net operating loss from 1962 to 1963”

Ratnayake v. Mack
· 1973-07-26
Administrative review (plaintiffs) Denied

“this Court concludes that the Secretary of Labor has acted properly in reaching his decision to deny and has neither abused his discretipn nor acted improperly within the scope of his legal authority.”

Seaman v. Spring Lake Park Independent School District No. 16
· 1973-01-22
Request for injunction (plaintiff teacher) Granted

“the Court finds it necessary to enjoin the school district, its chief administrative officer, and the members of its board of directors from putting plaintiff on a leave of absence at this time.”

Honeywell, Inc. v. Sperry Rand Corp.
· 1971-08-08
Motion to intervene (Iowa State University Research Foundation) Denied

“the motion by Iowa State University Research Foundation to intervene in this matter must be denied.”

Lidberg v. United States
· 1974-02-20
Tax refund claim (plaintiff taxpayer) Denied

“That the taxpayer’s suit for refund be, and it hereby is, denied. Judgment will be entered for the defendant.”

United States v. Erlandson
· 1969-08-20
Tax lien priority claim (plaintiff United States) Granted

“the Federal tax lien should be granted a priority.”

In Re Buchholtz
· 1966-03-31
Bankruptcy appeal (petitioner bankrupt) Denied

“The decision of the Referee must therefore be affirmed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No representative assigned case-level electronic docket sample was returned for Larson. The publication-selected decisions do not establish his complete caseload mix or case duration.

A historical record

Judge Larson 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.