Gunnar Hans Nordbye

How Judge Nordbye rules, drawn from 34 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1932–1977
Appointed by
Herbert Hoover (Republican)
Commissioned
1932-02-10
Education
University of Minnesota Law School (LL.B., 1912)
Signed orders read
34

How Judge Nordbye decides

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

Cautions

Nordbye ordinarily required prisoners to exhaust available state and Supreme Court review before seeking federal habeas relief.

“the petitioner has failed to avail himself of his right to apply to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari”

Signed rulings

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

Duluth Theatre Corporation v. Paramount Pictures
· 1947-02-17
Motions to strike (defendants) Granted

“the portion of Paragraph 22 of plaintiffs’ complaint quoted above should be stricken.”

United States v. 74 Cases
· 1947-09-24
Motion for interpleader (claimant Gamble-Skogmo) Denied

“the motion of Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., be, and the same hereby is, in all things denied.”

Republic Mach. Tool Corp. v. Federal Cartridge Corp.
· 1946-06-19
Motion to retax costs (plaintiff) Denied

“The Clerk’s taxation of costs herein is therefore sustained.”

United States v. Anderson
· 1946-07-23
Summary judgment (plaintiff United States) Granted

“plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment against the defendant for the sum of $519.75 with interest at the rate of six per cent from February 25, 1941, together with its costs and disbursements, must be granted.”

Giles v. Western Air Lines, Inc.
· 1947-09-16
Motions to dismiss (defendant airline) Granted

“plaintiff’s complaint be dismissed without prejudice.”

Lowden v. McAndrews
· 1941-05-15
Summary judgment (plaintiff carriers) Granted

“Plaintiffs are entitled to judgment against defendant in the sum of $112.02”

United States v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
· 1947-05-19
Government safety act claim (plaintiff United States) Granted

“the Government is entitled to judgment on its second cause of action.”

Porter v. Kaibel
· 1946-11-14
Motion to dismiss on limitations (defendant landlord) Denied

“The motion of the defendant, therefore, is denied.”

United States v. City of Minneapolis
· 1946-11-04
Summary judgment (defendant city) Denied

“the motion for summary judgment must be denied.”

United States v. Katz
· 1947-09-18
Motion to strike defense (plaintiff United States) Granted

“that issue will be, and hereby is, stricken from the defense.”

Brown v. Heinen
· 1945-07-06
Motion or order to remand (court) Granted

“remanding to the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin is proper.”

Guy v. Utecht
· 1944-02-23
Habeas corpus petition (petitioner) Denied

“the application for a writ of habeas corpus must be denied, and the petition is dismissed.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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

A historical record

Judge Nordbye 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.