Edmund V. Ludwig

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1985–2016 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 20 signed orders read

Judge Ludwig 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.

Neuberger v. Shapiro
· 2000-09-13
Motions to compel (plaintiffs) Granted

“This memorandum follows order entered August 23, 2000, granting plaintiffs’ ‘Motion to Compel Nonparty A.L. Wellen & Co. to Appear for a Deposition.’”

Motion for reconsideration (A.L. Wellen & Co.) Denied

“Upon reconsideration — as requested — that order shall remain in effect.”

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Scheidler
· 1999-12-03
Summary judgment (State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company) Granted

“the motion for summary judgment of plaintiff State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company is granted, and this case is dismissed.”

General Refractories Co. v. First State Insurance
· 2005-09-27
Motions to dismiss (five excess and umbrella insurers) Granted

“The motion will be granted, and the action will be dismissed.”

Scheinholtz v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
· 1999-04-26
Request for expert deposition fees (plaintiffs' treating physicians) Granted in part

“the deposition fees for each of plaintiffs treating physicians are set at $600 per hour, as acceded to by defendants.”

Mobile Transport Technologies, Inc. v. S.I. ScooterWorks LLC
· 2001-08-01
Motion to open confessed judgment (S.I. ScooterWorks LLC) Granted

“The two motions will be granted.”

Motion to stay execution and discovery (S.I. ScooterWorks LLC) Granted
Sabatini v. Reinstein
· 1999-11-29
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“defendants’ partial motion to dismiss counts III, IV, VII, and VIII of the amended complaint, filed pro se, is granted.”

United States v. Yocco
· 1997-01-08
Motion to suppress (William Yocco) Denied

“defendant William Yocco’s motion to suppress is denied.”

Sikora v. City of Philadelphia
· 1999-10-06
Summary judgment (City of Philadelphia) Denied

“defendant City of Philadelphia’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”

Rauso v. Vaughn
· 2000-01-11
Motion for reconsideration (Gennaro Rauso) Granted

“upon petitioner Gennaro Rauso’s motion for reconsideration, the order of November 4, 1999 denying his habeas corpus petition is vacated.”

Habeas petition (Gennaro Rauso) Denied

“However, the petition is again denied, on other grounds.”

Massey v. Fair Acres Geriatric Center
· 2012-07-25
Summary judgment (Fair Acres and Delaware County defendants) Granted

“Summary judgment must be entered for defendants and against plaintiff.”

In re Kollar
· 1998-08-07
Bankruptcy appeal (Kevin and Lori Kollar) Denied

“the Bankruptcy Court order of March 6, 1998 sustaining the objection to exemption of the Chapter 7 Trustee is affirmed.”

Holland v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.
· 2000-06-08
Motion to dismiss or transfer (William H. Pearson) Granted

“there is no personal jurisdiction over defendant Pearson in this judicial district, and the action will be transferred to the Northern District of Ohio, where the cause of action arose.”

Motion to transfer venue (Consolidated Freightways Corporation) Granted

“This action will be transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Twenty assigned cases filed from June through December 2014 were located, all terminated. Eight were sampled across prison conditions, labor, consumer reporting, consumer credit, defamation, property damage, employee benefits, and employment matters. Four sampled dockets had no electronic entries, two ended through settlement or screening without a party motion, and two supplied four grounded procedural rulings. This bounded slice does not support career-wide caseload or duration claims.

A historical record

Judge Ludwig 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.