James C. Connell

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio district Deceased · served 1954–1973 Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) 25 signed orders read

Judge Connell no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Wirtz v. Local Union No. 1377
· 1969-06-06
Summary judgment (union) Granted

“It is ordered that the Secretary certify the election of November 18, 1967 and the motion for summary judgment in favor of Local Union No. 1377 is granted.”

Lake Shore Motor Freight Co. v. United States
· 1968-10-22
Petition for review of agency order (plaintiffs) Denied

“For the reasons set forth, the relief sought is denied as to all plaintiffs, the temporary injunction of December 23, 1968 is vacated and the entire order of the Interstate Commerce Commission is sustained.”

Reiss Steamship Co. v. United States Steel Corp.
· 1969-10-06
Motion for prejudgment interest (libelant) Granted

“Furthermore, interest shall be computed at the legal rate of 6% per annum upon that amount from the date the disbursement was made by Reiss Steamship Company until the date of final payment by the respondent to the libelant.”

Elyria-Lorain Broadcasting Co. v. Lorain Journal Co.
· 1957-01-22
Motion to substitute parties (plaintiffs) Granted

“Based upon that finding, the present motion of the plaintiffs to substitute the executors of Samuel A. Horvitz as party defendants, is hereby granted.”

Deltec, Inc. v. Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.
· 1960-10-11
Objection to interrogatory (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s objection to plaintiff’s interrogatory No. 5 is overruled.”

Dillon v. Local Board No. 236-A
· 1970-02-06
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the petition for a Writ of Ha-beas Corpus is denied, and the outstanding order of Local Board 236-A is sustained.”

United States v. Ohio Crankshaft Co.
· 1956-06-21
Summary judgment (government) Denied

“Accordingly, in view of the presence of genuine issues of material fact, the motion for Summary Judgment is hereby overruled.”

Pennsylvania Railroad v. M. K. W. Corp.
· 1969-07-17

It is the order of this Court that the liability incurred by the Railroad be borne equally by plaintiff and defendant pursuant to Paragraph 9 of the 1957 Agreement.

United States v. Frank B. Killiam Co.
· 1958-06-30
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion to dismiss will be granted.”

National Surety Corp. v. Erskine & Sons, Inc.
· 1960-11-03

In view of the above-discussed law and facts, plaintiff is hereby awarded judgment against defendant in the sum of $5,000, with interest from October 30, 1957.

Sharon Steel Corp. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.
· 1960-09-13
Motion to produce (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Rather, the motion is granted when limited to such memoranda that either contain verbatim or in substance the remarks made by Tredwell at these meetings, and includes the questions asked by the officials of Westinghouse that prompted the replies.”

La Fleur v. Cleveland Board of Education
· 1971-05-12
Request for declaratory and injunctive relief (plaintiffs) Denied

“In accordance, the maternity regulation of the Cleveland Board of Education is sustained in its entirety.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No assigned historical case set was enumerable, so no case-mix or duration claim is made.

A historical record

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