Oliver Booth Dickinson

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1914–1939 Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 25 signed orders read

Judge Dickinson 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.

Tri-Plex Shoe Co. v. Cantor
· 1939-03-06
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“Upon the plaintiff filing an injunction bond in the penal sum of $5000, with surety approved by the Clerk of the Court, a preliminary injunction should issue in accordance with the decree herewith filed.”

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Chester
· 1939-02-07
Judgment on the pleadings (plaintiff) Denied

“Motion denied.”

United States v. One Ford Coach
· 1938-02-08
Petition to remit or mitigate forfeiture (vehicle owner) Denied

“The petition is denied.”

Interstate Commerce Commission v. Overnight Motor Transp. Co.
· 1938-08-24
Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction (defendant) Denied

“The motion to dismiss is denied and plaintiff may proceed on its motion for a preliminary injunction.”

Simonsen v. United States
· 1938-02-09
Motion to dismiss for improper venue (United States) Denied

“Motion denied.”

The Barbara Cates
· 1934-06-27
Exceptions to libel (respondent) Denied

“The exceptions are for the present overruled without prejudice; the court not now determining the question of jurisdiction, but reserving the same for further ruling.”

The Lycoming
· 1938-02-04
Objection to bond eligibility (respondent owners) Denied

“The objection to the libel that it avers merely the withdrawal of the authority of the master is not well taken.”

Objection to blanket future voyage bond (respondent owners) Granted

“This objection to the libel is well founded, but goes only to the condition of the required bond and not to the requirement of any bond.”

Charles Blum Advertising Corp. v. L. & C. Mayers Co.
· 1938-12-02
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“The motion for summary judgment under Rule 56 is denied.”

Deepwater Operating Co. v. Walling
· 1933-02-17
Motion to refer liability and damages to commissioner (movant) Denied

“Motion dismissed.”

United States v. Edward Fay & Son
· 1939-04-25
Motion for bill of particulars (defendant) Denied

“The motions for a more definite statement and for a bill of particulars are denied.”

Motion for more definite statement (defendant) Denied
Motion to strike or dismiss (defendant) Denied

“The motion to strike is not the motion contemplated by Rule 12(f) and is denied.”

O'Brien v. Calmar S. S. Corp.
· 1938-11-29
Motion for new trial (plaintiff) Denied

“Motion denied, with leave to enter such order as under the new Rules is appropriate.”

In re Penn Victor Dairies, Inc.
· 1935-09-19
Request for leave to pay rent (debtor trustees) Granted

“This leave is granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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