Albert L. Reeves
How Judge Reeves rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Reeves no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Reeves
Albert L. Reeves was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Appointed by President Warren G. Harding, Judge Reeves received a commission on June 24, 1923. Judge Reeves assumed senior status on February 2, 1954 and served until death on March 24, 1971.
How Judge Reeves decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Triangle Publications, Reeves protected an expanding business when a local competitor adopted its established magazine name with advance knowledge of the expansion.
“the defendant, for the first time, issued a magazine clearly imitative of the name and mark used by the plaintiff on the cover of its magazines.”
Procedural preferences
In White v. Skelly Oil Co., Reeves denied document production because the requested records did not relate to the negligence issues in that case.
“The documents sought do not relate in any way whatever to the issues in the case.”
Cautions
In Reed, Reeves required a plaintiff with access to the product information to plead the specific harmful substance rather than rely on conclusions.
“The pleader’s conclusions of law or fact, unsupported by the basic facts, will not do; and such basic facts must be alleged, not left to inference.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It follows that the plaintiff is entitled to a temporary injunction, and counsel' for plaintiff will prepare and submit an appropriate decree.”
“Such records would be competent evidence in the trial of the case and under said rule the plaintiff is entitled to have them produced. An order will be made accordingly.”
Reeves scheduled a hearing to determine whether and on what conditions the plaintiff could voluntarily dismiss; no final dismissal outcome appears in this text.
“it is proper for the court to overrule said motion, and leave the defendants to their remedy under the several discovery rules above mentioned.”
“The motion to quash the subpoena should be and will be sustained.”
“The ‘motion for correction of sentence’ should be and will be overruled.”
“This will be equivalent to double instead of treble damages and judgment will be entered accordingly on the second count.”
“The first count of the complaint should be dismissed for the reason that the statute and regulations with respect to prices of used automobiles have been repealed and the defendant should not be enjoined from violating a law that no' longer exists.”
“The motion to dismiss on the grounds stated should be overruled and it will be so ordered.”
“It seems proper, therefore, to overrule defendant’s motion for new trial and same will be done.”
Reeves allowed thirty days to add contract-or-custom allegations before deciding a portal-to-portal dismissal request; the conditional ruling is not classified as a final outcome.
“His affidavit being sufficient, an order will be made granting hint this privilege.”
“In view of these, the writ of habeas corpus should not be issued.”
“the motion to remand should be sustained and it will be so ordered.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned docket records were returned under three plausible Reeves name variants.
A historical record
Judge Reeves no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.