Joseph Anthony Greenaway Jr.
How Judge Greenaway rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Greenaway left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Greenaway
Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr. was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Appointed by President William J. Clinton, Judge Greenaway received a commission on July 26, 1996. Judge Greenaway left the court on February 24, 2010 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
How Judge Greenaway decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
When plaintiffs were allowed to choose any hypothetical facts to demonstrate an alleged plan defect, their inability to produce a valid example supported dismissal.
“They submitted illustrations which do not show the claimed ERISA violations, from which this Court infers that it is beyond doubt that they can prove no set of facts in support of their claims which would entitle them to relief.”
Procedural preferences
In Campanello v. Port Authority, Greenaway explained that converting a pleading motion into summary judgment required notice and an opportunity for the parties to submit admissible material. He addressed that procedural step in considering the motion before him.
“However, this Court must first provide notice of its intention to convert the motion and allow an opportunity to submit materials admissible in a summary judgment proceeding or schedule a hearing.”
Cautions
Suppressed evidence when officers forcibly took keys, entered an apartment unlawfully, and obtained coerced consent.
“The officers in this case, by forcibly taking Mr. Santos’ keys, illegally entering his apartment, and coercing Ms. Marrero into signing a consent to search form, acted as though they were above the law. Such conduct will not be countenanced.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), is granted, and the Second Amended Complaint is dismissed without prejudice.”
“defendants’ motion to dismiss Count One (1) of plaintiffs’ complaint (the federal RICO claim), is granted.”
“Plaintiffs motions for summary judgment against Alitalia and Continental based on 49 U.S.C. § 41310 are DENIED”
“Defendants’ cross-motions for summary judgment on this issue are GRANTED”
“Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment against Continental based on the Air Carrier Access Act is GRANTED”
“Continental’s cross-motion on this issue is DENIED”
“Defendants’ cross-motion for summary judgment on the issue of punitive damages is GRANTED”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss Counts One and Two of Plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint is granted. Count One and Count Two of the Second Amended Complaint are dismissed with prejudice.”
The court construed patent claims after a Markman hearing; no grant-or-deny motion disposition was recorded.
“defendant’s motion for summary judgment is hereby GRANTED.”
“this Court DENIES Defendants’ summary judgment motion on the issue of negligence and GRANTS Defendants’ summary judgment motion on the issue of unseaworthiness.”
“plaintiff Frank Bruno’s complaint against the defendants, Hershey Foods Corporation, Henry Heide, Inc., Henry Heide, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan and Henry Heide, Inc. Pension Plan, is hereby dismissed.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion to remand this action to the Superi- or Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Morris County is hereby DENIED.”
“In light of this Court’s denial of Plaintiffs’ motion, the motion for attorneys’ fees is MOOT.”
“this Court GRANTS Defendant’s motion to dismiss for lack of standing, and the complaint is dismissed without prejudice.”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss the indictment is denied.”
“this Court grants Defendant Wiesner’s motion for summary judgment, pursuant to Count 4 of the Complaint, for violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1202”
“Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment as to violations of 17 U.S.C. § 1202 is denied.”
“Wiesner’s motion for summary judgment as to Plaintiffs maximum entitlement to statutory damages is denied.”
“Plaintiffs motion for summary judgment on infringement of the copyright on the NSAC ad, and entitlement to statutory damages for any such copyright infringement, is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The fixed ten-docket sample covered early 2005 filings and included employment, personal-injury, habeas, Social Security, statutory, and miscellaneous matters. Nine streams were empty, so the sample should not be treated as a caseload distribution.
A historical record
Judge Greenaway left this court for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. 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.