Guy Kurtz Bard

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1940–1953 Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Judge Bard 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.

Wilson v. Dias
· 1947-06-13
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss must be granted for the following reasons:”

Pioneer Engineering Co. v. Cardillo
· 1947-05-15
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“The complaint must be dismissed.”

Birdsong v. General Motors Corp.
· 1951-06-30
Motions to dismiss (third-party defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, third-party defendant’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint is hereby granted.”

Mongillo v. Vogel
· 1949-06-29
Motion to quash service (defendant) Granted

“For that reason, the motion to quash the return of service of summons will be granted.”

Wilson v. Seas Shipping Co.
· 1948-06-09
Motion to decline jurisdiction (defendant) Denied

“I will therefore deny the defendant’s motion to decline jurisdiction.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“will deny the defendant’s motion to dismiss based on that ground.”

Sikes v. United States
· 1948-03-10
Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted

“An order may be entered granting defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint.”

Federal Audit Corp. v. Mutarielli
· 1942-01-21
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Denied

“Motion to dismiss complaint denied.”

Fleming v. Dorsey
· 1947-07-02
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Judgment may be entered for the plaintiff, provided, however, that the case may proceed to trial, limited to the issue of the amount of damages recoverable by plaintiff from defendant.”

Woods v. Mahoney
· 1948-11-10
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“The plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

Consolidated Fisheries Co. v. Fairbanks Morse & Co.
· 1949-12-30
Motion for jury trial (plaintiff) Granted

“The plaintiff’s motion for a jury trial on all of the issues raised by the pleadings in this case is granted”

Fitzgerald v. Block
· 1949-12-08
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted in part

“12. The defendant in the capacities listed above, his agents, representatives, servants, employees and attorneys, is not preliminarily enjoined from appropriating, using, or claiming the use of: (1) The name ‘International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers’ or the name ‘International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, C.I.O.’; and (2) The designations ‘IUE-CIO’ and ‘IUE’. 13. The defendant in the capacities listed above, his agents, representatives, servants, employees and attorneys, is preliminarily enjoined until further order of this Court,from appropriating, using, or claiming the use of:”

Berlitz School of Languages of America, Inc. v. Donnelly & Suess, Inc.
· 1949-04-29
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s petition to dismiss the complaint is denied.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index was located for Bard’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 Bard 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.