Orville Edwin Langley
How Judge Langley rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Langley no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Langley
Orville Edwin Langley was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma. Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, Judge Langley received a commission on January 27, 1965. Judge Langley served until death on September 12, 1973.
How Judge Langley decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He treated an established and accepted course of dealing as the practical measure of reasonable collection timing.
“The manner in which the drafts were handled prior to the $76,000.00 draft established a course of dealing, approved and acquiesced in by the plaintiffs and the forwarding banks, by which the Bank of Hydro was expected to continue its efforts to collect the drafts for periods of at least the length of those during which the drafts in question were held.”
Cautions
He required a tort complaint against the United States to identify operational negligence rather than merely relabel discretionary regulatory choices.
“All of these, if true, involve discretionary functions of government and alleging dereliction at the operational level does not convert the action into one that is permitted against the United States.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It is our view, therefore, that the case should be remanded to the trial court for amendment of the judgment to provide for interest at four percent, and that as amended the judgment be Affirmed.”
A historical record
Judge Langley no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.