Thomas C. Egan

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1957–1961 Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) 28 signed orders read

Judge Egan 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.

Salkoff v. Dissik
· 1960-12-27
Motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdictional amount (defendants) Denied

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss will be and hereby is denied.”

Marquis v. Keystone Shipping Co.
· 1960-04-22
Motion to require compliant pretrial memorandum (plaintiff) Granted

“the defendants are ordered to file a pre-trial memorandum whose paragraph A indicates the areas of factual agreement and disagreement between the parties and, in areas of disagreement, sets forth the defendants’ contentions and position.”

Vance v. United States Steel Corp.
· 1960-12-27
Motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (United States Steel Corporation) Granted

“The motions to dismiss will be and hereby are granted and the complaint is dismissed as to United States Steel Corporation and American Bridge Company.”

Motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction (American Bridge Company) Granted
Nagoya Associates, Inc. v. Esquire, Inc.
· 1960-06-08
Motion to set aside service (defendants) Granted

“since this action does not arise out of acts or omissions of the defendants within Pennsylvania, the service must be set aside.”

Tillman v. Fickencher
· 1960-03-31
Objections to requests for admission (defendants) Denied

“the objections of the defendants to the plaintiff’s requested admissions will be and hereby are Overruled.”

Walder v. U. S. Post Office
· 1959-12-31
Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted

“The motion of the United States of America to dismiss the claim of Joseph Walder is granted and the complaint is dismissed as to it;”

Pierce v. Carvel Stores of New York, Inc.
· 1959-12-07
Motion to transfer venue (defendants) Granted

“The defendants’ motion will be granted.”

McGonigle v. Baxter
· 1961-05-10
Objections to requests for admission (plaintiff) Denied

“the plaintiff’s objections to the defendants’ requested admissions are overruled.”

Motion for leave to amend complaint (plaintiff) Granted

“The plaintiff is granted leave to amend the complaint within twenty days to allege that at the time of filing the complaint he was a citizen of New Jersey if such be the case.”

Galloway v. National Dairy Products Corp.
· 1959-09-03
Motion to inspect medical reports (defendant) Denied

“therefore we will deny defendant’s motion.”

Tagtmeier v. Smith
· 1958-11-17
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“this motion must be denied. It is so ordered.”

Smith v. Hobart Manufacturing Co.
· 1960-10-31
Motion to produce expert witnesses for deposition (defendant) Denied

“The motion will be denied.”

Betha v. Martin
· 1960-10-27
Motion to reinstate action (plaintiff) Denied

“The motion will be denied.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index was located for Egan'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 Egan 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.