William Butler
Judge Butler 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.
“This leaves the respondent liable to account in damages for the balance of time, five days, occupied, — one Sunday intervening.”
“The burden of accounting for it is on the respondent, and he has failed to give us any information.”
“On the facts found by the jury the defendant is entitled to judgment.”
“judgment must he entered for the defendant on the verdict.”
“The clerk is therefore directed to enter judgment for the defendant.”
“A decree iqust be entered in the libelant’s favor.”
“If the plaintiff will sign and put on the record a relinquishment of the excessive interest embraced in the verdict, judgment may be entered for the balance, all other exceptions being dismissed. If such relinquishment be not filed within 15 days, the rule for new trial will be made absolute.”
“Judgment must therefore be entered on the verdict for the plaintiff.”
“The exceptions are therefore sustained, and a decree will be entered accordingly.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No surviving assigned-case index was located for Butler’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 Butler 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.