John Wilson McIlvaine

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1955–1963 Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) 21 signed orders read

Judge McIlvaine 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.

Edgehouse v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad
· 1962-12-20
Motion for new trial (New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad) Denied

“For the reasons stated in the foregoing opinion, defendant’s motion for a new trial should be and hereby is denied.”

United States ex rel. Kimble v. Keenan
· 1962-04-17
Request for further evidentiary hearing (Harold Kimble) Denied

“We, therefore, will not order any further hearings.”

Petition for writ of habeas corpus (Harold Kimble) Denied

“his petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be denied.”

United States v. Pine Township Coal Co.
· 1962-01-03
Motions to stay (United States) Granted

“we feel that a reasonable time in this case would be to stay the proceedings until July 1, 1962.”

Motions to stay (defendants) Moot / procedural

“In view of the disposition of the Government’s motion for stay, it is unnecessary to pass upon the defendants’ motion to stay administrative proceedings.”

Mach v. Pennsylvania Railroad
· 1961-09-29
Motion for relief from judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion should be denied.”

Mach v. Pennsylvania Railroad
· 1961-09-29
Motions to dismiss (Pennsylvania Railroad) Granted

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss must be granted.”

Saccoccia v. Stough
· 1961-09-28
Motions to dismiss (Maryland Glass Corporation) Granted

“the third party complaint filed by T. H. Stough, trading and doing business as T. H. Stough Company of Jeannette, Pennsylvania, must be dismissed.”

Farnen v. Coastal Tank Lines, Inc.
· 1961-07-28
Motions to dismiss (Coastal Tank Lines, Inc.) Granted

“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss must be granted.”

Fox v. McLaughlin
· 1961-06-30
Motions to dismiss (Francis X. McLaughlin) Granted

“Accordingly, under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C. the action instituted by the plaintiff should be dismissed.”

McDonald v. Chrysler Motors Corp.
· 1961-02-02
Motion for leave to amend (plaintiff) Granted

“Under these circumstances, a motion to amend ought to be allowed.”

Peerless Wall Paper & Paint Co. v. Manufacturers Life Insurance
· 1960-12-15
Motions to stay (defendant insurers) Denied

“the motions to stay the proceeding in Civil Actions 60-458, 60-516, 60-517, and 60-518 are denied.”

Diana v. Canada Dry Corporation
· 1960-05-04
Motions to dismiss (Canada Dry Corporation) Denied

“we do not feel that this being an unliquidated claim for damages that there can be dismissal of the wife’s claim at this stage of the proceedings.”

Motions to dismiss (Canada Dry Corporation) Granted

“His claim, therefore, must be dismissed.”

Motion for leave to amend (plaintiffs) Granted

“Such leave ought to be given.”

Mach v. Pennsylvania Railroad
· 1960-05-04
Motions to dismiss (Pennsylvania Railroad) Granted

“defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act should be granted”

Motions to dismiss (Pennsylvania Railroad) Denied

“defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint under the Jones Act should be and hereby is denied.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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

A historical record

Judge McIlvaine 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.