Francis Lund Van Dusen

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1955–1993 Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) 19 signed orders read

Judge Dusen 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.

Turner v. Jones
· 1966-09-06
Petition for reconsideration (third-party defendant) Denied

“it is ordered that the petition of third-party defendant John Howard, t/a American Forestry Service Company, for reconsideration of an order granting leave to join American Forestry Service as third-party defendant (Document 20) is denied.”

Wendkos v. ABC Consolidated Corp.
· 1965-10-07
Motion for protective order (defendants) Granted

“the motion of the defendants, ABC Consolidated Corporation and Berlo Vending Company, for a protective order under F.R.Civ.P. 30(b) is granted”

Motion for protective order (plaintiffs) Denied

“the motion of the plaintiffs for a protective order is denied, with leave granted to renew it if the depositions of Mr. and Mrs. Wendkos are not taken promptly by defendants.”

Moore v. United States
· 1963-03-21
Motion for new trial (United States) Moot / procedural

“IT IS ORDERED that the following Motions are dismissed as moot, without prejudice to their renewal in the event of revocation or modification of the order entered in this case earlier today:”

Motion for new trial (Jay Aster trading as Wingate Construction Co.) Moot / procedural
Motion to amend findings and for judgment (Wingate) Moot / procedural
Motion for new trial and to amend findings (Morello defendants) Moot / procedural
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Prater v. Myers
· 1964-01-15
Petition for appointment of counsel (relator) Denied

“it is ordered that relator’s petition for appointment of counsel (Document 1) and Petition entitled ‘PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE U. S. DISTRICT COURT OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA’ (Document 1) are denied, without prejudice.”

Habeas or certiorari petition (relator) Denied
Driver v. Phillips
· 1964-12-14
Request to bifurcate liability and damages Granted

“the above-captioned case shall be tried to a jury on the issues of liability prior to any consideration by the jury of the issue of damages;”

Berkowitz v. Philadelphia Chewing Gum Corp.
· 1962-09-14
Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction (defendant) Denied

“defendant’s motions to dismiss the original Complaint (Document No. 3) and Amended Complaint (Document No. 9) must be denied insofar as they allege lack of jurisdiction of this court”

Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction (defendant) Denied
Ziontz v. Food Fair Stores, Inc.
· 1962-06-29
Motion for protective order (plaintiffs) Granted in part

“The application described in (a) above was denied, except to the extent that the wife-plaintiff was granted the privilege of appearing for her deposition on June 21 or early on June 22 (see Document No. 30)”

Pennsylvania Railroad v. The Marie Leonhardt
· 1959-12-30
Motion for leave to take depositions (claimant and cross-libellant) Granted

“it is ordered that claimant and cross-libellant may take the oral depositions of Walter Dougherty (drawbridge operator), Charles E. Howell (signal tower operator), and George C. Vaughn (regional manager)”

Motion to stay depositions and quash subpoenas (libellant and cross-respondent) Moot / procedural

“the motion of libellant and cross-respondent to stay the taking of depositions and to quash subpoenas (Document No. 17) is denied as being moot.”

United States ex rel. Johnson v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
· 1965-01-22
Civil rights petition (prisoner) Denied

“The Petition is denied because petitioner has not shown that he has exhausted the other remedies, particularly administrative, open to him.”

Lockhart v. Prasse
· 1965-11-08
Request for order to show cause (plaintiff) Denied

“it is ordered that the prayers of the Complaint (pp. 6-7 of Document 1), requesting an order to show cause and a temporary restraining order, and the motion docketed as Document 4 are denied.”

Motion for temporary restraining order (plaintiff) Denied
Motion for subpoenas (plaintiff) Denied
United States ex rel. Bowers v. Rundle
· 1965-02-17
Habeas petition (relator) Denied

“it is ordered that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied, without prejudice to relator’s1 right to file an Amended Petition after prompt exhaustion of his remedies before the Pennsylvania Parole Board”

Segall v. Food Fair Stores, Inc.
· 1960-06-16
Leave to amend complaint (plaintiffs) Granted

“plaintiffs will be granted thirty days within which to file a motion for leave to file an Amended Complaint, with a copy of such proposed Complaint, in compliance with F.R.Civ.P. 8, attached.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index was located for Van Dusen’s Eastern District tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about his caseload, case duration, motion base rates, or ruling speed.

A historical record

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