Ronald A. White
How Judge White rules, drawn from 6 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge White decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Faced with a defendant's invitation to revisit a prior ruling of his own, the judge engaged with the request on the merits rather than treating it as settled, before reaffirming the original result.
“The court has revisited its ruling in Ross and finds that the Defendant's motion must be denied.”
Procedural preferences
On a multi-defendant summary-judgment order, the judge worked through each defendant and each cause of action separately rather than resolving the motions as a block, dismissing legally deficient claims (like fraud without evidence of concealment) while preserving contract and tort theories that turned on factual disputes.
“As there are genuine issues of material fact aplenty, the motion is denied.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the Defendant's motion to dismiss the Indictment [Docket No. 19] is hereby DENIED.”
“The Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Count Four [Docket No. 47] is hereby DENIED.”
“Defendant Mustang Gas Products, LLC's Motion to Dismiss and/or Transfer and Supporting Brief [Docket No. 16] and Defendant Mustang Fuel Corporation's Motion to Transfer and Supporting Brief [Docket No. 18] are hereby DENIED.”
“the motion for summary judgment by Hassell [Docket No. 80] is hereby granted.”
“The motion for summary judgment by MoistureShield and Oldcastle APG [Docket No. 78] is hereby moot in part and denied in part as stated above ... the motions for summary judgment by Aaron Equipment [Docket No. 79] and the PPL Defendants [Docket No. 81] are hereby granted in part and denied in part as stated above. They are granted as to claims by CSR Worldwide. They are granted as to the claims for actual fraud, constructive fraud, and fraudulent inducement. In all other respects, the motions are denied.”
“Accordingly, the Report and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge is hereby AFFIRMED and ADOPTED as this court's Findings and Order. The decision of the Commissioner is AFFIRMED.”
“Jantran’s motion for summary judgment [Docket No. 152] is DENIED.”
“Marquette’s motion for summary judgment [Docket No. 153] is GRANTED in part, in that summary judgment be entered in Marquette’s favor on the claims of negligence asserted against it by the other parties, and DENIED in all other respects.”
“STC’s motion to strike late disclosed expert Darin M. Adrian [Docket No. 154] is DENIED.”
“CGB’s motion for summary judgment against Oakley [Docket No. 156] is DENIED.”
“Oakley’s motion for partial summary judgment [Docket No. 159] is DENIED.”
“STC’s motion for summary judgment [Docket No. 160] is GRANTED in part, in that Oakley cannot recover from STC the costs of voluntarily removing the barges and repairing the Webbers Falls Lock and Dam, and DENIED in all other respects.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The sampled caseload spans Social Security disability appeals, state- and federal-prisoner habeas petitions (a recurring pattern of time-barred dismissals), commercial trade-secrets and insurance litigation, and general civil-rights suits removed from state court.
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