Henry Groves Connor
How Judge Connor rules, drawn from 30 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Connor no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Connor decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Lam Pui, Connor required actual evidence rather than suspicion to sustain an administrative deportation finding.
“mere suspicion, conjecture, speculation, is not evidence, neither can it be made the basis for finding a fact in issue.”
Procedural preferences
In Cutler, Connor directed trustees confronting encumbered property to seek instructions before incurring potentially unnecessary estate costs.
“When a trustee finds that the bankrupt owns property subject to liens, be should present a petition to the court asking for instructions as to the course which he should pursue.”
Cautions
In James, Connor treated honest disclosure and equitable distribution as central conditions of bankruptcy relief.
“The well-settled and uniformly recognized purpose of the bankruptcy law is to secure to the creditors of an insolvent person, coming within the terms of the act, a full and honest disclosure and an equitable distribution of his property”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The application for a discharge is denied.”
“Libelee moved the court to dismiss the libel for that upon the allegations in the libel the steamer was not liable, etc. This motion is dénied.”
“The libel must be dismissed, at the cost of the libelant.”
“the report of the commissioner should be confirmed.”
“the exceptions should be overruled and the report confirmed.”
“I am unable to fix any actionable negligence upon the owner of the schooner.”
“A decree will be drawn for libelee for the balance of freight, after dieducting the proceeds of the sale of the hay and the value of the corn and straw which were not delivered.”
“As there are no other debts upon which a discharge can operate, the petition must be denied.”
“I think $900 an ample award — three-fourths to the steamer, one-fourth to the crew.”
“Let an order be drawn directing that a check for the amount deposited by the clerk on account of the judgment recovered by plaintiff against defendant in the cause be drawn and signed by the clerk and countersigned by the Judge”
“The motion to vacate the warrant of attachment is granted.”
“The petitioner is entitled to be discharged from custody.”
“Let the petitioner be discharged.”
“the ruling of the referee should be sustained, because of the erroneous method of procedure adopted by the trustee”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No electronic case records were available from which to describe a docket sample.
A historical record
Judge Connor 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.