Joseph Leo McGlynn Jr.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1974–1999 Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican) 20 signed orders read

Judge McGlynn 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.

Santiago v. Sullivan
· 1992-01-24
Request to stay fee proceedings (defendant) Denied

“Accordingly, the request for a stay will be denied.”

Rosenberg v. Digilog Inc.
· 1985-07-31
Motion for reconsideration (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Therefore, plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration of this court’s order of February 11, 1985, will be granted as it applies to plaintiff’s federal claims.”

Hammerstone v. Heckler
· 1986-04-17
Objections to report and recommendation (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly the report and recommendation of the Magistrate will be adopted and approved.”

Dadzie ex rel. International Kal-Sahara Corp. v. Leslie
· 1982-10-20

McGlynn ordered a hearing to resolve disputed citizenship and party alignment before deciding a jurisdictional dismissal motion.

In re Grand Jury Matter
· 1986-03-13
Request to release business records for civil investigation (United States Attorney) Granted

“Accordingly, I will direct the United States Attorney to permit the Inspector General of the GSA to have access to the business records of Robert DiDomenico identified in the subpoena of April 22, 1983, with the provision that Robert DiDomenico first be supplied with a detailed inventory of the records.”

Linsker v. Savings of America
· 1989-04-04
Motion for partial summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“For the reasons stated below, defendant’s motion will be granted.”

Lipson v. Snyder
· 1988-11-14
Motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim (defendants) Denied

“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss will be denied.”

Sprague, Levinson & Thall v. Advest, Inc.
· 1985-04-09

McGlynn set aside a punitive-damages award and molded the verdict for the defendant because the jury found no compensable harm.

In re Paster
· 1990-09-27
Bankruptcy appeal (debtor's attorney) Granted

“that the Order of the Bankruptcy Court dated June 13, 1989, awarding appellant attorney’s fees in the amount of $1300, is hereby. VACATED and the matter REMANDED to the Bankruptcy Court with directions to enter a fee award in the amount of $1700.”

In re Assaf
· 1990-06-15
Bankruptcy appeal (sanctioned attorney) Denied

“The order of the Bankruptcy Court will be affirmed.”

AAA Trucking Corp. v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity
· 1979-10-30

After trial, McGlynn entered judgment for employee-benefit funds because the employer did not prove its overpayments resulted from a mistake of fact.

Jewish Employment and Vocational Service, Inc. v. Pleasantville Educational Supply Corp.
· 1983-04-19
Petition for attorneys fees (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Accordingly, plaintiff’s request will be cut in half resulting in a fee award of $27,768.75.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Twenty historical assigned cases were located, all terminated, but the five sampled records contained no electronic entries. This bounded holding does not support claims about McGlynn's career caseload, motion base rates, case duration, or ruling speed.

A historical record

Judge McGlynn 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.