Jay Carl Waldman

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1988–2003 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 48 signed orders read

Judge Waldman 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.

Lesser & Kaplin, P.C. v. American Insurance
· 1989-10-12
Motion to transfer venue (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, defendants’ motion for change of venue will be granted, and this case will be transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.”

Whitfield v. Craigwin Co.
· 1989-12-22
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

Haamid v. United States Postal Service
· 1990-01-21
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“For the foregoing reasons, plaintiff’s complaint will be dismissed as to the nongovernmental defendants.”

Motion to amend complaint (plaintiff) Granted

“Thus, plaintiff is entitled to amend her complaint to name the United States and to relate that amendment back to the time of her initial filing.”

Default judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's motion for judgment by default against these defendants will be denied.”

Metal Marketplace, Inc. v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
· 1990-03-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion for summary judgment will be granted.”

Motion for sanctions (defendant) Granted in part

“For the reasons stated herein, summary judgment will be granted, and limited sanctions will be imposed.”

Rehberg v. Glassboro State College
· 1990-09-06
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED and that the complaint is DISMISSED as to defendant Glassboro State College only.”

Motion to transfer venue (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff’s request that the court transfer this action to a state court in Pennsylvania or New Jersey is DENIED.”

Carter v. Dover Corp., Rotary Lift Div.
· 1991-01-11
Motion to amend complaint (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, plaintiff’s motions will be granted.”

Motions to remand (plaintiff) Granted
Jaffe v. Julien
· 1991-01-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Rather than grant defendants’ motion to dismiss, however, the court in the interest of justice will grant plaintiff’s alternative request to transfer this case to the Southern District of New York.”

Motion to transfer venue (plaintiff) Granted
Jordan v. Berman
· 1991-02-22
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that said Motion is GRANTED and the cause of action set forth against this defendant in Count I of plaintiffs’ complaint is DISMISSED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“Accordingly, Counts III and V will be dismissed and Count IV will be dismissed without prejudice to replead with the requisite specificity a cause of action for fraud if such can be done.”

Lynch v. New Jersey Automobile Full Insurance Underwriting
· 1991-04-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

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

Cook Specialty Co. v. Schrlock
· 1991-09-25
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“There are no material facts in dispute and MSI is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Dancu v. Coopers & Lybrand
· 1991-12-03
Motion to compel arbitration (defendant) Granted

“Plaintiff has alleged two claims, both of which are subject to arbitration under the PAA. Retaining jurisdiction would serve no purpose as both claims will be determined in the arbitration.”

Dunn v. Warhol
· 1991-12-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the court will deny the motions to dismiss Count II of plaintiff’s complaint.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Assigned cases were located across the judge's tenure, but the eight sampled records contained no electronic entries. This bounded holding does not support claims about his career caseload, case duration, motion base rates, or ruling speed.

A historical record

Judge Waldman 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.