Elijah Allen Cox
How Judge Cox rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Cox no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Cox decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Cox required legally mandated notice and a right to be heard, not notice supplied only as a courtesy.
“It is not enough that the owners may by chance have notice, or that they may as a matter of favor have a hearing. The law must require notice to them, and give them the right to a hearing and an opportunity to be heard.”
Cox enforced the city's warranty of quiet enjoyment against physical interference with the utility system it had sold.
“This general warranty included and carried with it the warranty of quiet enjoyment”
Procedural preferences
Cox rejected retroactive rate reparations where the carrier had collected a rate previously approved as lawful.
“a rate once approved by a regulatory body is conclusively presumed to be reasonable, and its collection, therefore, cannot he held to have been unlawful”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The Johnson Act does not apply. The motion to dismiss will be overruled.”
“the power company, plaintiff here, is not entitled to an injunction restraining the city from issuing bonds for the erection of a power plant and distribution system.”
“I conclude that the power company is entitled to an injunction”
“this conduct is such as to warrant an injunction against it restraining it from entering any contract made possible by the result of said election.”
“the prayer of the bill that they be restrained generally will be denied.”
“Therefore the judgment should be for defendants.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The three reported decisions concern utility regulation, municipal electric service, and railroad-rate reparations. No historical docket timelines were available for broader caseload analysis.
A historical record
Judge Cox 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.