Barrington Daniels Parker Jr.
Judge Parker no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Parker decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He would not allow an administrative agency's error to extinguish an employment claim where equitable tolling prevented unfair prejudice to the claimant.
“Because agency errors should not work to a claimant’s detriment, the Union’s motion for summary judgment on these grounds is denied.”
He treated disability-discrimination allegations as transforming a local zoning dispute into a federal statutory case rather than requiring exhaustion of ordinary zoning remedies.
“Plaintiffs’ allegations of discrimination on the basis of disability convert this case from a garden-variety zoning dispute to a case in which a local zoning decision allegedly has infringed national interests protected by federal statutes.”
Procedural preferences
He described preliminary injunctions as exceptional relief and required concrete, imminent harm rather than ordinary difficult-to-measure contract damages.
“A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy that should not be granted as a routine measure.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The defendants’ motion to dismiss all claims pursuant to ERISA Sections 510 and 502(a)(1)(B) is granted. The defendants’ motion to dismiss the claim of Griddle and the claims against all defendants except Janet Stoner under ERISA Section 502(c) is granted. The motion to dismiss the Section 502(c) claim as to Harold Weber is denied.”
“For the foregoing reasons, defendants’ motions are granted in part and denied in part.”
“defendants’ Motion to Dismiss plaintiffs’ Second Amended Complaint is granted on plaintiffs’ due process claims and denied on plaintiffs’ claims of First Amendment violations.”
“the County’s motion to join the State as an indispensable party under Rule 19 is denied and the State’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is granted. Plaintiffs motion for partial summary judgment is granted.”
“defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied as to Thurnau and Szuberla and granted as to defendant Mills.”
“the plaintiffs claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is dismissed. The defendants’ other grounds for dismissal are denied without prejudice.”
“defendant’s motion to strike subpart (2) of paragraph 56 of Count 67 of the Indictment is granted.”
“Plaintiffs application for a preliminary injunction is denied.”
“plaintiffs’ motion for a preliminary injunction is granted. Defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied, except as to the defendant Mayor of White Plains, S. J. Schulman.”
“Integon’s motion for summary judgment is denied and Thrifty’s motion for summary judgment is granted”
“defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“The defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs Title VII and § 1981 claims is denied. The defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiffs breach of contract claim is granted.”
A historical record
Judge Parker 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.