Robert F. Kelly

How Judge Kelly rules, drawn from 38 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Position
district
Status
Senior status
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Commissioned
1987-06-26
Education
Villanova University, B.S., 1957; Temple University School of Law, LL.B., 1960
Signed orders read
38

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

May v. Club Med Sales, Inc.
· 1993-09-16
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“upon consideration of Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment, and all responses thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that said Motion is GRANTED.”

Cox v. Velsicol Chemical Corp.
· 1989-02-02
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For these reasons, defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment based on Federal Preemption shall be DENIED.”

Brown v. Scafidi
· 1993-12-20
Motion in limine (plaintiff) Denied

“to Preclude or Strike the Testimony of Joan Ann Brown, and all responses thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that said Motion is DENIED.”

Weir v. Northwestern National Life Insurance
· 1992-07-02
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss Counts III, IV and V of Plaintiffs’ Complaint is GRANTED;”

McCune v. First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Probation Department
· 2000-05-25
Motion to vacate dismissal (plaintiff) Denied

“Plaintiffs Motion to Vacate the Order Entered by this Court on March 31, 2000 Dismissing the Action with Prejudice is hereby DENIED.”

Motion to withdraw as counsel (plaintiff's counsel) Denied

“The Request of Eileen Epley Wiggins to Withdraw as Counsel for the Plaintiff is hereby DENIED.”

Davenport v. Medtronic, Inc.
· 2004-02-03
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“upon consideration of Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 27), and the Response and Reply thereto, it is hereby ORDERED that Defendant’s Motion is GRANTED.”

Daraio v. Carey Canada, Inc.
· 2004-03-25
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“it is hereby ORDERED that Aet-na’s Motion is GRANTED.”

American Hearing Aid Associates, Inc. v. GN Resound North America
· 2004-03-22
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED;”

Little v. USSC Group, Inc.
· 2005-12-13
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“Defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted in part and denied in part.”

Steele v. Boeing Co.
· 2005-11-07
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED, and judgment is entered in favor of defendants, The Boeing Company and Aetna Life Insurance Company, and against plaintiff, Thomas Steele.”

Circle School v. Phillips
· 2003-07-15
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Granted in part

“the Plaintiffs’ Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Summary judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“the Defendants’ Motion is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Request for permanent injunction (plaintiffs) Granted

“the Plaintiffs’ request for a permanent injunction is GRANTED and the Defendants are prohibited from enforcing the Act.”

Request for attorneys fees (plaintiffs) Granted

“Pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, the Plaintiffs are entitled to payment of their attorneys’ fees by the Defendants.”

Lomanno v. Black
· 2003-09-29
Motion to transfer venue (defendants) Granted

“the Motions to Transfer are GRANTED;”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Five terminated 2008-filed matters were sampled across product liability, declaratory-contract, employment, consumer-credit, and criminal cases. Their durations ranged from 357 to 749 days, with a median of 537 days; this small fixed cohort is descriptive rather than representative of the full docket.

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