John Berne Hannum

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1969–2007 Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican) 21 signed orders read

Judge Hannum 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.

Ellis v. Gardner
· 1969-08-21
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“it is hereby ordered that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Miscannon v. Cohen
· 1969-10-01
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“it is hereby ordered that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is denied, and defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Summary judgment (defendant) Granted
Hackett v. McGuire Bros.
· 1970-10-01
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“it is hereby ordered that the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted.”

Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co. v. Sylk
· 1970-12-31
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“it is hereby ordered that plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is denied without prejudice to permit further discovery on the question of alleged economic duress.”

Hudrick v. American Export Lines, Inc.
· 1971-01-25
Motion for new trial (plaintiff) Denied

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

Motion for judgment notwithstanding verdict (plaintiff) Denied
United States v. Hibbs
· 1972-12-06
Motion to dismiss indictment (defendant) Denied

“Under these circumstances, as was clearly stated in United States v. Beard, 414 F.2d 1014 (3d Cir. 1969), the defendant is properly subject to a second prosecution.”

Newcomer v. Searle & Co.
· 1974-06-17
Motion for partial summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“Here, there is a question of fact as to when the plaintiffs knew or should have known that the defendant’s drug could have been a factor in causing the death of plaintiffs’ deceased.”

Wilkerson v. Mock
· 1975-10-15
Motions to dismiss (Joseph O’Neill, Frank L. Rizzo, and the City of Philadelphia) Granted

“The motion of Defendants to dismiss the complaint is therefore granted.”

Donahue v. Weinberger
· 1976-04-14
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“the claimant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Bohem v. Butcher and Singer
· 1977-03-01
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the 6 year statute of limitations of 12 P.S. § 31 is applicable to this case, the action was timely filed and defendant’s motion for summary judgment must be denied.”

Whitaker v. Hills
· 1977-05-06
Summary judgment (United States) Denied

“For the reasons set forth in this Opinion, the motion must be denied.”

Hornsby v. Johns-Manville Corp.
· 1982-11-01
Motion for leave to file third party complaint (Celotex Corporation, Eagle-Picher Industries, and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation) Granted

“The magistrate has recommended granting the motions for leave to file a third-party complaint, and granting the motions to dismiss cross-claims. We affirm and adopt the magistrate’s Report and Recommendation with the following elucidation.”

Motion to dismiss crossclaims (Fibreboard Corporation, GAF Corporation, and Keene Corporation) Granted
Motion for leave to join third party defendants (Owens-Illinois Glass Company) Granted

“For the reasons stated above, this motion will also be granted and Owens-Illinois Glass Company will be permitted to file third-party complaints against the ten named third-party defendants previously joined by Raybestos Manhattan, Inc.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Five historical assigned cases were located, but none supplied a usable motion timeline. This bounded holding does not support claims about Hannum's career caseload, motion base rates, case duration, or ruling speed.

A historical record

Judge Hannum 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.