Louis Lee Stanton
How Judge Stanton rules, drawn from 19 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Stanton decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
An 'as is' clause addresses the condition of contracted-for goods; it does not permit delivery of materially different goods.
“One may not ship something different, and claim it must be accepted as the original ‘as is.’”
Procedural preferences
A recusal request is assessed from the perspective of a reasonable person who knows and understands the relevant facts.
“No reasonable person, knowing and understanding all the relevant facts, would conclude that my impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”
Cautions
His individual practices require a pre-motion conference before a class-certification motion; failure to follow that requirement can result in procedural dismissal without prejudice.
“First, Vadai’s motion for class certification failed to comply with Rule 2 of my Individual Practices, which require a premotion conference before the making of any such motion. Accordingly, it is dismissed without prejudice.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint (Dkt. No. 10) is granted, and plaintiffs request for leave to replead is granted.”
“Accordingly, the application for attachment is denied, and the complaint (Docket No. 1) is dismissed.”
“Respondent’s motion is granted and petitioner’s Notice of Voluntary Dismissal (Dkt. No. 40) is vacated.”
“For the reasons stated above, the parties’ motions for summary judgment are denied, except for that of the BWS Defendants which is granted.”
“The AFBL between BMI and DMX shall have an annual Blanket Fee of $18.91 per location and an annual Floor Fee of $8.66 per location. The Direct License Ratio shall be calculated using DMX’s off-premises performances as a proxy for all of its performances. So much of the petition as seeks inclusion of bowling centers in the AFBL is denied.”
“Defendants are granted summary judgment that they qualify for the protection of 17 U.S.C. § 512(c), as expounded above, against all of plaintiffs’ claims for direct and secondary copyright infringement.”
“Plaintiffs’ motions for judgment are denied.”
“Plaintiffs’ Copyright Act claims for statutory damages are dismissed with respect to all registered in the United States foreign works which were not (‘unregistered foreign works’), except those in suit under the ‘live broadcast exemption’ in Section 411(c) of the Act.”
“The Court directs the entry of judgment by default against defendant Ballow and relief defendants Wright Family Holdings, Wright Family Trust, and Orekoya:”
“The Court directs the entry of judgment against defendant Hall requiring him to pay (1) disgorgement in the amount of $448,615, plus prejudgment interest to be calculated by the SEC as directed above and (2) a third-tier civil penalty in the amount of $448,615.”
“Defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the presentment issue is denied.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for leave to amend the complaint to assert a punitive damages claim is denied.”
“Plaintiffs motion for reconsideration is denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 268 days (N = 8).
Four of the eight sampled matters involved civil-rights or prisoner claims, and two involved copyright claims.
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