S. Arthur Spiegel

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio district Retired 2014 · served 1980–2014 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 18 signed orders read

Judge Spiegel 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.

Great American Life Insurance v. Dixon
· 2014-05-06
Motion to deposit proceeds and dismiss (plaintiff insurer) Denied

“The motion of Plaintiff Great American Life Insurance Company for an order to pay disputed death benefit proceeds (less its attorneys’ fees and costs) into the Court and to dismiss it with prejudice from this action (doc. 18) is thus DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendant Marvin Dixon) Granted

“The Court so finds, GRANTS Defendant Dixon’s motion for summary judgment (doc. 21)”

Summary judgment (defendant Marvin Shenkin) Denied

“Finally, the motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant Marvin Shenkin (doc. 17) is DENIED”

White v. Duke Energy Kentucky, Inc.
· 2014-02-19
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 16), and DISMISSES this matter from the docket.”

Wells v. Xavier University
· 2014-03-12
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted in part

“Accordingly, the Court GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART Defendants’ Partial Motion to Dismiss (doc. 12)”

Faircloth v. Northwestern National Life Insurance
· 1992-08-27
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, the Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment is granted.”

Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.
· 1991-11-13
Request to hear dispositive motions with class certification (defendants) Denied

“Accordingly, this Court will consider the motion for class certification before it considers the Defendants’ dispositive motions.”

Bedinghaus v. Lawhorn
· 1994-01-11
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the Defendant King Trucking Company’s Motion for Summary Judgment is denied.”

Motion to extend time (plaintiffs) Granted

“Plaintiffs have moved that we consider their Response to Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment out of time. In the interest of justice, the Plaintiffs’ motion is granted.”

Grand v. Northrop Corp.
· 1993-03-09
Motion to certify interlocutory appeal (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the Defendant’s Motion to Certify is denied.”

Baker v. Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
· 1993-04-12
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the case now before this Court is dismissed without prejudice.”

Smith v. General Motors Corp.
· 1992-12-08
Motion for reconsideration (defendants) Granted

“Accordingly, the Defendants’ Motion to Reconsider is granted reluctantly”

Mann v. American Packaging Corp.
· 1992-04-03
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“Accordingly, the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Motion for leave to respond (plaintiff) Granted

“As the Plaintiff’s attorney has been ill, we hereby grant the motion for leave to respond to the motions for summary judgment.”

Caruso-Ciresi, Inc. v. Strano
· 1992-03-16
Summary judgment (respondents) Granted

“Accordingly, the Respondent Strano’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Motion for leave to file reply (respondents) Granted

“Therefore, the Respondents are granted leave to file its reply memorandum”

Motions to strike (petitioner) Denied

“the Petitioner’s motion to strike is denied.”

Lunsford v. Leis
· 1988-06-24
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“we conclude that plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment that her termination violated the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, is well taken and should be and is hereby granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 396 days (N = 10).

The randomized ten-case sample contained four employment civil-rights matters, three records labeled prisoner civil rights, one other civil-rights matter, and two cases without a reported nature-of-suit field. This small split-era sample is descriptive, not a career caseload estimate.

A historical record

Judge Spiegel 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.