Sidney H. Stein
How Judge Stein rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Stein decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
An insurer's duty to defend extends to the whole action when any claim arguably arises from a covered event.
“if any of the claims against the insured arguably arise from covered events, the insurer is required to defend the entire action.”
Procedural preferences
Claims specifically challenged on summary judgment may be treated as abandoned when the opposition papers do not address them.
“The Court therefore deems those six claims abandoned and grants summary judgment on them.”
Cautions
A general policy favoring arbitration does not replace the need for an agreement covering the particular dispute.
“Even though federal policy favors arbitration, a court cannot require arbitration absent a valid agreement to arbitrate a particular dispute.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Accordingly, because plaintiff has failed to present evidence of a genuine dispute of material fact, this Court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment.”
“Because defendants’ works on tree house design are not substantially similar to plaintiffs’ as a matter of law, defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.”
“Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment in its favor is denied.”
“Accordingly, defendants’ motion is granted to the extent that the Court compels arbitration of Velez’s FLSA claims.”
“Because the Court concludes that the Knutson defendants knowingly and voluntarily contracted to waive their right to have this action tried by a jury, Lehman’s motion to strike the Knutson defendants’ jury demand is granted.”
“Constellation’s amended petition is granted insofar as this Court recognizes and enforces the arbitration awards against ER Cape;”
“Constellation’s motion for summary confirmation is granted insofar as the arbitration awards are confirmed against ER Cape;”
“ER Cape’s motion to dismiss the amended petition is granted insofar as Constellation has failed to state a claim for alter ego liability against ER Limited and that motion is otherwise denied.”
“For the reasons set forth above, Sanofi’s motion for summary judgment on its claim for $442,209,362 in damages is granted.”
“Reuters’ petitions to stay the arbitrations involving Anthony D’Antonio [Dkt. # 1, 10 Civ. 273] and the failure to collect union dues [Dkt. # 1, 10 Civ. 639] are both denied.”
“For the reasons set forth above, the Complaint is dismissed in its entirety and without prejudice. If they believe they have reason to do so in good faith, plaintiffs may file a second amended complaint within twenty-one days of the entry of this order.”
“Plaintiffs motion for a stay pending appeal of this determination made during oral argument today is denied.”
“For the reasons set forth above, defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint or, in the alternative, to stay the action pending arbitration, is denied.”
“For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby ordered that defendants’ motion to dismiss the First Amended Consolidated Derivative Action complaint is granted and the amended complaint is dismissed with prejudice.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 242 days (N = 8).
Six of the eight sampled matters involved employment, labor, or contract disputes.
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