William Harold Cox
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 treated the written scope of a payment bond as controlling when the claimed obligation was not included.
“These bonds must be construed and applied as written.”
Cox required more than isolated in-state activity before exercising personal jurisdiction under the cited Mississippi statute.
“This incidental and isolated and only activity engaged in by Uhde in this state is not within the purview of this statutory scheme.”
Procedural preferences
Cox converted a Rule 12 motion when the court considered material outside the pleadings.
“Such matters outside the pleadings being presented to and not excluded by the Court under Rule 12(b)”
Cox applied the open-fields rule when assessing a warrantless search of abandoned rural property.
“The universal rule is that the protection accorded by the Fourth Amendment to the people in their persons and houses is not extended to the open fields.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“this Court approves and affirms that opinion of the Bankruptcy Judge and modifies the plan to provide that all statutes of limitation as to all unsecured claims of these debtors are tolled during and throughout the remainder of these proceedings.”
“this Court modifies his decision as indicated but in the main affirms it.”
“the appellants’ appeal is without merit and is dismissed with prejudice at their cost”
“the injunction prayed for in this action be, and the same is, hereby, denied”
“petitioner’s motion to reconsider my former order in this matter and that order to reconsider is sustained, and the previous order mentioned is withdrawn and vacated”
“this Court now orders that a writ of habeas corpus issue from this Court to the warden of the state penitentiary at Parchman”
“This Court has examined and considered this record on petition for review and is of the opinion that the order of the Referee is correct and should be affirmed.”
“The motion of the plaintiff for a summary judgment will be denied.”
“The motion of the defendant for a summary judgment will be granted.”
“The subpoena heretofore issued in this case will be nullified. The efforts of the petitioner have been in vain and no relief will be granted.”
“The motion of the defendant for a new trial is without merit and will be denied.”
“the application for compulsory process is without merit and must be denied and the application dismissed.”
“Motion of International and of unions under Rule 12 will be sustained.”
“A judgment denying plaintiff’s request for a temporary injunction, and incorporating these findings and conclusions by reference thereto may be presented by the defendants for entry”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed opinions span civil, criminal, bankruptcy, tax, employment, benefits, contract, and jurisdictional disputes. No historical docket timelines were available for broader caseload or timing 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.