Clifford Scott Green

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1971–2007 Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican) 17 signed orders read

Judge Green 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.

Esbrandt v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance
· 1983-01-10
Summary judgment (Provident Life & Accident Insurance) Granted

“Accordingly, I will grant the summary judgment for defendant.”

United States v. King
· 1983-04-06
Motion to dismiss writ of execution (City of Philadelphia) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion of the City of Philadelphia to dismiss the plaintiff’s writ of execution is DENIED.”

Nickson v. Schweiker
· 1983-07-13
Motion for leave to amend complaint (Walter Nickson) Denied

“Accordingly, the motion to amend the complaint and the motions dependent thereon, i.e., to certify a class and add additional defendants, will be denied.”

Class certification (Walter Nickson) Denied
Motion to add defendants (Walter Nickson) Denied
Provenzano v. United States
· 1983-08-04
Petition to quash summons (Nunzio Provenzano) Denied

“The petition to quash the summons is DENIED.”

Motion for summary enforcement of summons (United States) Granted

“The government’s motion for summary enforcement of a third-party recordkeeper summons is GRANTED.”

Hahnemann University v. District 1199C, National Union of Hospital & Health Care Employees
· 1984-10-31
Preliminary injunction (Hahnemann University) Denied

“Thus, I find the dispute arbitrable;3 deny the plaintiffs motion for an injunction enjoining the arbitration; and, dismiss its complaint.”

Walsh Ex Rel. Walsh v. Heckler
· 1985-05-08
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, this ease will be remanded to the Secretary for a hearing at which counsel may appear and represent the interest of plaintiff.”

Polo Fashions, Inc. v. Haverford Corp.
· 1985-06-17
Summary judgment (Polo Fashions, Inc.) Granted

“For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s motions will be granted.”

Motion for entry of final judgment (Polo Fashions, Inc.) Granted
Veal v. Heckler
· 1985-06-25
Social security appeal (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, this case will be remanded to the Secretary for consideration of the cumulative effect of plaintiff’s impairments due to alcohol abuse, degenerative joint disease, dependent personality disorder, and diabetes,”

In Re Donut Shops Management Corp.
· 1987-07-30
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant) Granted

“AND NOW, this 30th day of July, 1987, IT IS ORDERED that the order of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dated December 23, 1986, 68 B.R. 337, is REVERSED and this action is REMANDED for determination of expenses in a manner consistent with this order.”

Berger Realty Group, Inc. v. Bradly Realty Corp.
· 1987-08-10
Motion to strike writ and dissolve lis pendens (defendants and garnishee) Denied

“upon consideration of defendants’ and garnishee’s motion to strike off writ of execution and dissolve lis pendens, and plaintiff’s response thereto, it is. hereby ORDERED that the motion is DENIED.”

Motion to dismiss interrogatories in attachment (garnishee) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that garnishee’s motion to dismiss interrogatories in attachment is DENIED.”

Motions for attorneys fees (all parties) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motions of the parties for reasonable attorney’s fees are DENIED.”

United States v. Rosenfield
· 1987-08-11
Motion to vacate sentence and for new trial (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion and supplemental motion for relief in the form of a new trial, asserted pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255, will be denied.”

Motion for reduction of sentence (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that said motion is DENIED.”

McElrea v. Volt Information Sciences, Inc.
· 1987-10-15
Motion for leave to intervene (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) Granted

“Accordingly, this 14th day of October, 1987, IT IS ORDERED that the EEOC’s motion for leave to intervene is GRANTED.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Twenty historical assigned cases were located, all terminated, but the five sampled records contained no electronic entries. This bounded holding does not support claims about Green's career caseload, motion base rates, case duration, or ruling speed.

A historical record

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