John Patrick Fullam

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1966–2018 Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

Judge Fullam 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.

Gilliam v. National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc.
89-1698 · 1989-11-06
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction is DENIED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“Defendant's motion to dismiss is GRANTED. This action is DISMISSED, WITH PREJUDICE.”

Patel v. Sun Refining and Marketing Co.
· 1989-01-12
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiffs) Granted

“Plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of the Memorandum and Order entered October 14, 1988 is GRANTED.”

Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ Complaint is GRANTED, with leave to the plaintiffs to file an amended complaint within twenty (20) days.”

In re Paolino
87-2794 · 1987-06-25
Motion for leave to appeal (appellants) Granted

“To the extent that the Order of the bankruptcy judge involved in this appeal may be deemed interlocutory, I grant leave to appeal.”

Bankruptcy appeal (appellants) Denied

“Accordingly, the bankruptcy judge's April 7, 1987 Order, 72 B.R. 323, will be affirmed.”

Evans v. United States
· 1985-06-28
Post trial motion for jnov or to alter judgment (United States) Granted in part

“In C.A. No. 85-136, the defendant’s motion is GRANTED.”

George Woloch Co. v. Longview Capital Plastic Pipe, Inc. (In re George Woloch Co.)
· 1985-05-06
Motion to withdraw reference (defendants-appellants) Granted

“An order will therefore be entered, withdrawing the reference, insofar as this ‘related’ dispute is concerned, so that the matter can proceed in an Article III court.”

United States v. Motor Freight Express, Inc.
· 1988-12-22
Motion for reconsideration (United States) Denied

“Appellant’s motion for reconsideration will be denied.”

In re Paolino
· 1986-04-09
Motion for leave to appeal (debtor-appellants) Granted

“Accordingly, the appeal will be deemed to have included an application for leave to appeal, and such leave is now granted.”

Bankruptcy appeal (debtor-appellants) Denied

“The Order appealed from will therefore be affirmed.”

Albert Einstein Medical Center v. White
88-8831 · 1990-03-01
Applications for interim relief (plaintiff hospitals) Granted in part

“the defendants shall apply a rate calculation which does not include any ‘budget neutrality’ adjustment in excess of 2.4%.”

Green v. Shearson Lehman/American Express, Inc.
· 1985-12-09
Motion in limine (plaintiffs) Denied

“Plaintiffs’ motion in limine will therefore be denied.”

Butts v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
· 1984-12-05
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff athlete) Denied

“Accordingly, I have reluctantly concluded that plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunctive Relief must be denied.”

Application for declaratory and injunctive relief (LaSalle University) Moot / procedural

“This conclusion renders moot LaSalle’s application for declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to another NCAA by-law, 10-(b),”

Brinson v. Vaughn
· 2008-10-01
Petition to make habeas writ absolute (petitioner) Granted

“the petition to make the writ absolute will be granted.”

Thompson v. Lozum
· 2008-03-31
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED with prejudice without an evidentiary hearing;”

Certificate of appealability (petitioner) Denied

“there is no probable cause to issue a certificate of appealability.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The twenty enumerated historical cases were all terminated. Their subject mix included contract, civil-rights, prisoner, product-liability, benefits, insurance, securities, bankruptcy, and other civil matters. This bounded enumeration is not a career-wide caseload estimate.

A historical record

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