James Patrick McGranery

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1946–1962 Appointed by Harry S Truman (Democratic) 22 signed orders read

Judge McGranery 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.

Gray v. Bernuth, Lembcke Co.
· 1948-10-22
Motion to produce documents (defendant) Denied

“Defendant has elected to test the former in a blanket demand, and I feel, therefore, that the motion must be denied.”

Masterpiece Productions, Inc. v. United Artists Corp.
· 1950-11-22
Motions to transfer (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the order of May 23, 1950, will be reaffirmed.”

Garrett v. Faust
· 1951-09-13
Motion to deposit judgment amount (defendants) Granted

“Accordingly the defendants’ motion will be granted.”

United States v. Reese
· 1951-06-18
Motion for grand jury witness list (defendant) Denied

“Neither is the defendant entitled as a matter of law to a list of the names of the witnesses who appeared before the Grand Jury.”

Motion to inspect grand jury minutes (defendant) Denied

“Therefore, the motion to permit inspection of the Grand Jury’s minutes will be denied, as will the motion to dismiss the indictment.”

Motion to inspect statement and correspondence (defendant) Granted

“the motion to permit the defendant to inspect and make copies of his statement and correspondence, that motion will be granted.”

Motion to dismiss indictment (defendant) Denied
Miskell v. W. T. Cown, Inc.
· 1950-12-05
Motion to implead (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, the defendant’s motion will be granted.”

Wolfsohn v. Raab
· 1951-05-01
Motion to vacate default judgment (defendant) Granted

“The default judgment, therefore, will be set aside.”

Chandler Laboratories, Inc. v. Smith
· 1950-12-05
Motion to vacate summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, it will be denied.”

Robbins v. Nagelberg
· 1948-03-10
Motion to amend caption (plaintiff) Granted

“Since the original complaint gave adequate notice that suit was actually against husband and wife, and since it was served upon a proper person, as to both defendants, I am allowing the amendment.”

Arsht v. Hatton
· 1948-10-08
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, therefore, judgment forplaintiff on his motion for summary judgment will be denied.”

Pierce Butler Radiator Corp. v. Luongo
· 1949-11-15
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted in part

“an order will be entered granting the motion to dismiss as to the defendant Melucci, but denying the motion as to the defendant Luongo.”

In re Kellett Aircraft Corp.
· 1951-05-31
Exceptions to special master report (Kellett Aircraft Corporation) Denied

“The exceptions of the Kellett Aircraft Corporation to the report and recommendation of the special master, dated February 23, 1951, are overruled.”

Exceptions to special master report (Coldaire Corporation) Granted in part

“The first and fifth exceptions of the Coldaire Corporation are sustained, and the remainder, overruled.”

Motion to dismiss claims (Kellett Aircraft Corporation) Granted in part

“The motion of the Kellett Aircraft Corporation to dismiss the claims of the Coldaire Corporation is granted as to the claim set forth in paragraph (b) of the stipulation of December 27, 1950, and denied as to the claims set forth in paragraph (a).”

International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 835, A. F. of L. v. Schauffler
· 1947-03-06
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Therefore, the motion to dismiss the complaint in the above-entitled case is hereby granted”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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