David Brookman Smith

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Retired 2002 · served 1988–2002 Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican) 21 signed orders read

Judge Smith 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.

McCachren v. Blacklick Valley School District
· 2002-07-16
Motions to dismiss (Defendants in Clifford's action) Granted in part

“in Civil Action No. 01-162 J, the defendants’ motion to dismiss, dkt. no. 3, is GRANTED with respect to the personal capacity claims against all individual defendants and DENIED in all other respects;”

Motions to dismiss (Defendants in McCachren's action) Granted in part

“in Civil Action No. 01-163 J, the defendants’ motion to dismiss, dkt. no. 3, is GRANTED with respect to the personal capacity claims against all individual defendants and DENIED in all other respects.”

Daniel Boone Area School District v. Lehman Bros.
· 2002-02-05
Motion to enjoin state proceedings (Lehman Brothers) Denied

“dkt. no. 43, are DENIED.”

Motion to enjoin state proceedings (Lisa Vioni) Denied
Maddox v. St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance
· 2001-12-27
Summary judgment (Plaintiff) Granted in part

“motion for partial summary judgment, dkt. no. 16, is GRANTED with respect to USF”

Summary judgment (Defendants) Denied

“defendant’s motion for partial summary judgment, dkt. no. 14, is DENIED.”

Motion for temporary restraining order (Plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“plaintiffs motion for a temporary restraining order, dkt. no. 4, is DENIED without prejudice as moot.”

Daniel Boone Area School Dist. v. Lehman Brothers, Inc.
· 2002-02-05
Motions to dismiss (Lehman Brothers) Granted in part

“Defendant Lehman Brothers Motion to Dismiss, dkt. no. 29, and Defendant Lisa Vionis Motion to Dismiss, dkt. no. 31, are GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART.”

Motions to dismiss (Lisa Vioni) Granted in part
Motions to dismiss (Lehman Brothers) Moot / procedural

“Defendant Lehman Brothers Motion to Dismiss, dkt. no. 20, and Defendant Lisa Vionis Motion to Dismiss, dkt. no. 22, are DENIED AS MOOT.”

Motions to dismiss (Lisa Vioni) Moot / procedural
Motion for leave to file enlarged reply (Lehman Brothers) Granted

“Defendant Lehman Brothers Motion for Leave to File an Enlarged Reply Brief, dkt. no. 45, is GRANTED.”

Motion for oral argument (Daniel Boone Area School District) Denied

“Plaintiff Daniel Boone Area School Districts Motion for Oral Argument, dkt. no. 35, is DENIED.”

Colegrove v. Cameron Machine Co.
· 2001-10-23
Motion for judgment as matter of law or new trial (Allen-Bradley) Denied

“the defendant’s Motion for Judgment as a Matter of Law or in the Alternative for a New Trial, dkt. no. 79, is DENIED.”

Miller v. Liberty Mutual Group
· 2000-05-17
Motions to remand (Plaintiff) Denied

“plaintiffs motion to remand, dkt. no. 3, is DENIED;”

Motions to dismiss (Plaintiff) Denied

“plaintiffs motion to dismiss, dkt. no. 3, is DENIED;”

Motions to stay (Plaintiff) Moot / procedural

“plaintiffs motion to stay relief upon motion to amend, dkt. no. 8, is DENIED as MOOT.”

Peerless Wall & Window Coverings, Inc. v. Synchronics, Inc.
· 2000-02-25
Summary judgment (Synchronics, Inc.) Granted

“defendant’s motion for summary judgment, dkt. no. 51, is GRANTED;”

Motion for sanctions and to compel discovery (Synchronics, Inc.) Moot / procedural

“defendant’s motion for sanctions and to compel expert discovery, dkt. no. 46, is DENIED AS MOOT;”

Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. v. Park City Solutions, Inc.
· 2000-08-09
Preliminary injunction (Sunquest Information Systems) Granted

“Consequently, I will grant Sunquest’s motion for a preliminary injunction and enjoin defendant Park City Solutions from using its corporate logo during the pendency of this proceeding.”

Shannon v. Pleasant Valley Community Living Arrangements, Inc.
· 2000-01-27
Summary judgment (Pleasant Valley Community Living Arrangements) Denied

“the foregoing motion is DENIED;”

Pappas v. Sony Electronics, Inc.
· 2000-12-27
Summary judgment (Sony Electronics) Granted

“defendant’s motion is GRANTED.”

Bar Technologies, Inc. v. Conemaugh & Black Lick RR Co.
· 1999-11-09
Motions to dismiss (Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad) Granted

“the aforesaid motion to dismiss, dkt. no. 5, is GRANTED;”

Motion for hearing (Bar Technologies) Denied

“the aforesaid motion for hearing is DENIED.”

Specialty Tires of America, Inc. v. CIT Group/Equipment Financing, Inc.
· 2000-03-01
Summary judgment (CIT Group/Equipment Financing) Granted

“defendant CIT Group/Equipment Financing’s motion for summary judgment, dkt. no. 42, is GRANTED;”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The surviving 20-case metadata cohort consists entirely of terminated matters filed from late 1988 through 1989. Sixteen are contract actions, so this archival slice is not a career-wide caseload estimate.

A historical record

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