Francis Lund Van Dusen
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.
“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.”
“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”
“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.”
“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:”
“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.”
“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;”
“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”
“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)”
“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)”
“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.”
“The Petition is denied because petitioner has not shown that he has exhausted the other remedies, particularly administrative, open to him.”
“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.”
“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”
“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
Judge Dusen 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.