Richard Peters

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1792–1828 Appointed by George Washington (Federalist) 3 signed orders read

Judge Peters 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.

Trask v. The Dido
· 1827-12-21
Motion for costs (libellants’ counsel) Granted

“granted the motion, and decreed the respondent to pay the costs.”

Lanning v. London
· 1822-10-15
Motion for new trial (defendant) Denied

“by the division of the court, the motion, if it bad that form, would fall, and consequently that the rule is discharged.”

Hollingsworth v. Seventy Doubloons & Three Small Pieces of Gold
· 1820-09-29
Claim to entire derelict (libellants) Denied

“The supplementary libel, claiming the whole, as derelict, under a rule which does not now exist, must be dismissed.”

Salvage claim (libellants) Granted in part

“I have concluded to allow half in this case”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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