Gustave Diamond

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1978–2021 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 18 signed orders read

Judge Diamond 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.

Parkinson v. Guidant Corp.
· 2004-03-22
Motion for spoliation sanctions (Plaintiffs) Denied

“plaintiffs’ motion for sanctions for spoliation of evidence will be denied”

Motion in limine (Defendants) Granted

“to exclude spoliation evidence will be granted.”

Township of South Fayette v. Allegheny County Housing Authority
· 1998-11-17
Motion to intervene (Allegheny County municipalities) Denied

“Presently before the court are motions to intervene by a number of municipalities in Allegheny County. For the reasons set forth below, the motions will be denied.”

Roeder v. Internal Revenue Service (In re Benny's Leasing, Inc.)
· 1995-10-26
Motion for reconsideration (Internal Revenue Service) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the IRS’s motion for reconsideration will be denied.”

Parkinson v. Guidant Corp.
· 2004-03-22
Motion to exclude expert testimony (Defendants) Denied

“Accordingly, defendants’ motion to exclude Moy’s testimony will be denied.”

Motion to exclude expert testimony (Defendants) Denied

“For the following reasons, defendants’ motions will be denied.”

Motion to exclude expert testimony (Defendants) Denied
Motion in limine (Defendants) Denied

“Accordingly, the court will deny defendants’ motion without prejudice to defendants’ right to renew their objection to the use of this evidence at the time of trial.”

Thomas v. City of Pittsburgh
· 1999-01-28
Summary judgment (City of Pittsburgh) Denied

“Because plaintiff has not introduced significant portions of his actual evidence into the record at this juncture, the City’s motion for summary judgment will be denied without prejudice to its right to seek judgment as a matter of law on the same grounds at the close of plaintiffs case-in-chief.”

United States v. Edwards
· 1988-11-08
Motion to sever (Charles Ray Edwards) Granted

“The defendant, Charles Ray Edwards, has moved this court for the severance of Count Three of the indictment from Counts One and Two. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be granted.”

Puz v. Bessemer Cement Co.
· 1988-08-25
Motion to strike jury demand (Defendants) Denied

“Presently before the court is the defendants’ motion to strike plaintiff’s jury demand. For the reasons set forth below, the motion will be denied.”

Gusdonovich v. Business Information Co.
· 1987-11-24
Motion to stay pending appeal (Business Information Company and individual defendants) Denied

“Accordingly, defendants’ motion will be denied.”

Barris v. United States
· 1994-02-21
Motions to dismiss (United States) Denied

“Accordingly, the government's motion to dismiss will be denied.”

First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Goldman
· 1986-07-29
Summary judgment (United States) Granted

“Accordingly, the motion of the government for summary judgment is granted.”

Harpster v. Sullivan
· 1991-10-08
Motion for attorneys fees (Plaintiff) Denied

“AND NOW, this 8th day of October, 1991, for the reasons stated in the opinion filed this day, IT IS ORDERED that plaintiff’s motion for award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act be, and the same hereby is, denied.”

United States v. Murphy
· 2005-11-21
Motion for discovery (Sean Murphy) Granted in part

“At the hearing on June 8, 2005, the court ruled on all of the defendant’s pretrial motions except his motion to suppress. Specifically, the court indicated it would: (1) grant in part and deny in part defendant’s motion for discovery (Document No. 17) and his motion requesting notice pursuant to Fed.R.Evid. 404, 405, 406, 407 & 408 (Document No. 19); (2) deny as moot defendant’s motion for notice by the prosecution of its intention to use evidence arguably subject to suppression (Document No. 20); and, (3) grant defendant’s motion for disclosure of impeachment evidence (Document No. 21).”

Motion for evidence notice (Sean Murphy) Granted in part
Motion for suppression notice (Sean Murphy) Moot / procedural
Motion for disclosure of impeachment evidence (Sean Murphy) Granted
Motion for view (Sean Murphy) Denied

“At the supplemental hearing held on June 28, 2005, the court denied defendant’s motion for a view (Document No. 27).”

Motion to amend suppression motion (Sean Murphy) Granted

“In addition, at the June 8, 2005, hearing, the court granted defendant’s oral motion to amend his suppression motion also to seek exclusion of any statements defendant allegedly made after the stop.”

Motion to suppress (Sean Murphy) Granted

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to suppress will be granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The surviving 20-case metadata cohort consists entirely of terminated matters filed from 1983 through 1989. It is an archival slice rather than a career-wide caseload estimate.

A historical record

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