Frederick Voris Follmer

How Judge Follmer rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Follmer no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1946–1971
Appointed by
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Commissioned
1946-08-07
Education
Bucknell University, A.B., 1906; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1909
Signed orders read
25

Signed rulings

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

Robinson Bros. v. Tygart Steel Products Co.
· 1949-11-30
Motions to dismiss (plaintiff) Granted

“The counterclaim is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”

Schuman Co. v. Nelson
· 1954-07-28
Appeal from agency reparation award (J. E. Nelson & Sons) Denied

“the award made by the Secretary must stand.”

United States v. Knappke
· 1954-10-22
Motion for judgment of acquittal (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal will be granted.”

Morton v. United States
· 1950-07-24
Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted

“The motion to dismiss must be granted.”

Federici v. Miller
· 1951-09-21
Citizenship declaration claim (Eleario Federici) Denied

“Plaintiff’s actions resulted in his expatriation and he is no longer a citizen or national of the United States of America.”

Federici v. Clark
· 1951-09-21
Citizenship declaration claim (Giuseppe Federici) Granted

“plaintiff is entitled to a judgment declaring him to be a national of the United States.”

United States v. Cooper
· 1954-09-17
Motion for judgment of acquittal (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s motion for a judgment of acquittal will be denied.”

Republic Steel Corp. v. School District of West Deer Township
· 1951-08-17
Tax refund claim (Republic Steel Corporation) Denied

“Plaintiff is not entitled to a refund of said taxes.”

United States v. Lowrey
· 1948-04-26
Motion for new trial (defendant) Denied

“New trial is refused.”

United States v. Stankewicz
· 1954-09-22
Motion for judgment of acquittal (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal will be granted.”

United States v. Kezmes
· 1954-10-22
Motion for judgment of acquittal (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal will be granted.”

Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. United States
· 1951-04-30
Judgment on the pleadings (Westinghouse Electric Corporation) Granted

“Plaintiff’s motion for judgment on the pleadings is granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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

A historical record

Judge Follmer 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.