Miles Welton Lord

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota district Deceased · served 1966–2016 Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

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

How Judge Lord decides

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

Cautions

In bankruptcy appeals involving farmers, Lord read the tools-of-the-trade provision in light of the fresh-start purpose while recognizing statutory value limits.

“A fresh start cannot be attained by returning a debtor to point zero.”

Signed rulings

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

LaBonne v. Heckler
· 1984-02-10
Summary judgment (plaintiff claimant) Granted

“That plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment be granted and the case remanded to the Secretary for a calculation of benefits in accordance with this opinion.”

Production Credit Ass'n of St. Cloud v. LaFond
· 1985-07-08
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant creditor) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the decision of the Bankruptcy Court is affirmed in all respects.”

F & M Marquette National Bank v. Richards
· 1985-02-21
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant creditors) Denied

“For all the foregoing reasons, both cases covered by this order are affirmed in their entirety.”

Gorrie v. Heckler
· 1985-04-01
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff families) Granted

“This court issues this preliminary injunction”

Gorrie v. Heckler
· 1985-09-10
Preliminary injunction (intervenor-plaintiffs) Granted

“Intervenor-plaintiffs’ motion for preliminary injunction is granted.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services) Denied

“Secretary Heckler’s motions to dismiss and for summary judgment are hereby denied.”

Summary judgment (defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services) Denied
Polaski v. Heckler
· 1984-04-17
Motion for temporary restraining order (plaintiffs) Granted

“Be enjoined from denying or terminating Title II benefits and from denying Title XVI benefits at any level of administrative review”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiffs) Granted

“plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file an amended complaint is granted.”

Class certification (plaintiffs) Granted

“plaintiffs’ motion for class certification, as defined by this order, is granted.”

Motions to stay (defendant government) Denied

“the government’s motions to stay proceedings and to strike portions of plaintiffs’ complaint are denied.”

Motions to strike (defendant government) Denied
Polaski v. Heckler
· 1984-04-27
Preliminary injunction (plaintiffs) Granted

“That a preliminary injunction be issued as to class members whose benefits have been or will be terminated”

Class certification (plaintiffs) Granted

“plaintiffs’ motion for a revised class certification is hereby granted.”

Motion for reconsideration (defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services) Denied

“defendant’s motion for a reconsideration of this court’s April 17 order is hereby denied.”

Summary judgment (defendant Secretary of Health and Human Services) Denied

“defendant’s motion for summary judgment is hereby denied.”

Baldassano v. Larsen
· 1984-02-02
Petition to limit liability (defendant Union Oil) Denied

“That defendant Union Oil’s petition to limit its liability is denied.”

Sierra Club v. Clark
· 1984-01-05
Summary judgment (plaintiff environmental organizations) Granted

“plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Johnson v. Schweiker
· 1983-05-24
Summary judgment (plaintiff claimant) Granted

“That the plaintiffs motion for summary judgment is granted and the matter remanded to the Secretary for the purpose of granting disability benefits for the period between November 5, 1977, and July 17, 1979.”

Boyd v. Robinson (In Re Boyd)
· 1983-06-23
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant Bruce G. Robinson) Granted

“the decision of the bankruptcy court to avoid Robinson’s lien is reversed.”

Bankruptcy appeal (appellant in Wicks proceeding) Denied

“the decision of the bankruptcy court is affirmed.”

Fenus v. Schweiker
· 1983-10-26
Summary judgment (plaintiff claimant) Granted

“That plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is granted and the matter remanded for a determination of the amount of benefits accrued from the date of plaintiff’s application.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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

A historical record

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