Clarence Arlen Beam
How Judge Beam rules, drawn from 23 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Beam no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Beam decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In Miers, Beam separated the wrongful-death claim from survival and related claims under the governing limitation periods instead of disposing of every claim together.
“the plaintiff’s second, third and fourth causes of action is barred by the statute of limitations defense, unless the plaintiff can establish fraudulent concealment, thus estopping the defendant from relying on the statute of limitations defense. Further, the Court finds that under the facts of this case the plaintiff’s first cause of action, the wrongful death action, is not barred by the statute of limitations defense.”
In Omaha Public Power District, Beam protected counsel's document selection as opinion work product while allowing questions about documents that informed particular deposition testimony.
“Defendants may then ask the witness to identify any documents which informed the witness, in whole or in part, with regard to testimony given.”
Procedural preferences
In City of Alma, Beam dismissed the federal third-party claim and remanded the remaining action after concluding that the removal statutes did not confer jurisdiction.
“removal under either 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a) or § 1442(a)(1) was inappropriate in this action. The jurisdiction of the federal district court is not perfected and the primary action must be remanded to the state court wherein it originated.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Therefore, the preliminary injunction will be granted.”
“Therefore, partial summary judgment as to liability will be entered, as well as an injunction prohibiting further infringing performances.”
“the present case is properly concluded by the granting of the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment on the issue of liability.”
“the petitioners’ motion to enforce the summonses are granted.”
“the defendant’s motion (filing 13) for summary judgment is in accordance with this memorandum and order granted in part and denied in part.”
“The Court, being fully advised in the premises, now finds that the motion should be sustained, in part.”
“the Bankruptcy Court’s judgment is reversed and remanded for consideration of the Urbanecs’ Chapter 13 plan and the other objections thereto.”
“The motion (filing 12) to reconsider should be and hereby is sustained. 2. The order (filing 11) to stay should be and hereby is vacated”
“defendants BGO Music, Inc. and BGO Records, Inc.’s motion to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue (filing 19) should be and the same is hereby denied.”
“defendants’ motion to dismiss the original complaint (filing 7) should be and the same is hereby denied as moot.”
“Therefore, the preliminary injunction will be granted.”
“the Court sustains defendant’s motion for summary judgment and dismisses this action for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter of the complaint”
“The Court finds that the discovery requested should be permitted subject to limitations.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed five-docket sample contained five terminated matters filed from July 1982 through October 1984. Four lacked a nature-of-suit label and one was coded as a trademark matter.
A historical record
Judge Beam 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.