Edward Dumbauld

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1961–1997 Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

Judge Dumbauld 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.

Reuter v. United States
· 1982-03-24
Federal tort claim (Henry F. Reuter) Granted

“judgment be and it hereby is entered against the defendant United States of America and in favor of plaintiff Henry F. Reuter in the amount of $250,000.00”

Loss of consortium claim (Lois G. Reuter) Granted

“in favor of plaintiff Lois G. Reuter in the amount of $45,000.00.”

United States v. Thompson Bros. Coal Co., Inc.
· 1982-02-26
Motions to dismiss (Thompson Bros. Coal Co., Inc.) Denied

“defendant’s motion to dismiss must be denied.”

Constitutional challenge (Thompson Bros. Coal Co., Inc.) Denied

“30 U.S.C. § 1268(c), which we hold to be valid and constitutional”

Government penalty collection claim (United States) Granted

“we proceed to enter judgment for plaintiff and against defendant for the sum of $1,000, together with interest and costs.”

Jones v. Carborundum Co.
· 1981-06-03
Motion to join involuntary plaintiff (Carborundum Company and Ingersoll-Rand Company) Denied

“the motion to join WABCO as an involuntary plaintiff is denied.”

United States v. Fontana
· 1981-03-17
Probation revocation challenge (Richard P. Fontana) Denied

“defendant’s probation has duly been validly revoked”

Murphy v. Heppenstall Co.
· 1979-08-08
Motions to dismiss (Heppenstall Company) Denied

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion must be denied.”

Motion to compel arbitration (Heppenstall Company) Denied

“the clause here does not cover plaintiffs’ claim of assumpsit.”

Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc. v. Bigler
· 1979-04-24
Bankruptcy appeal (Zimmermann & Jansen, Inc.) Granted

“The decision of the bankruptcy court is reversed, and the case remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this opinion.”

In Re Bollinger Corporation
· 1979-04-24

This is an alternative reporter record of the same bankruptcy opinion classified under CL-8876412 and is excluded to avoid double counting.

Flucker v. Fox Chapel Area School District
· 1978-12-18
Title vii claim (plaintiff) Denied

“Judgment shall be entered against plaintiff and in favor of defendant.”

Huge v. Overly
· 1978-02-16
Trust fund collection claim (fund trustees) Granted

“judgment is entered against defendant Lawrence Overly and in favor of Harry Huge, C. W. Davis and Paul R. Dean, as Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America Health and Retirement Funds in the amount of $33,877.38, together with court costs.”

Motion for attorneys fees (fund trustees) Granted

“The Court deems $2500 to be an adequate fee.”

Placek v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.
· 1977-03-03
Motions to dismiss (Winnebago Industries, Inc.) Denied

“Defendant’s motion to dismiss must be denied.”

United States v. Crawford
· 1975-06-19

The writing enters a not-guilty verdict after a criminal bench trial and does not decide a party motion or civil claim used in this profile's statistics.

Rinchuse v. Old Republic Insurance
· 1975-02-05
Request for jury trial (plaintiff) Denied

“this is a novel statutory remedy, where a jury trial is not required”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index was located for Dumbauld's tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about his caseload, case duration, motion base rates, or ruling speed.

A historical record

Judge Dumbauld 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.