John Wilson McIlvaine
How Judge McIlvaine rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
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.
“For the reasons stated in the foregoing opinion, defendant’s motion for a new trial should be and hereby is denied.”
“We, therefore, will not order any further hearings.”
“his petition for a writ of habeas corpus will be denied.”
“we feel that a reasonable time in this case would be to stay the proceedings until July 1, 1962.”
“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.”
“Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion should be denied.”
“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss must be 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.”
“Accordingly, defendant’s motion to dismiss must be 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.”
“Under these circumstances, a motion to amend ought to be allowed.”
“the motions to stay the proceeding in Civil Actions 60-458, 60-516, 60-517, and 60-518 are 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.”
“His claim, therefore, must be dismissed.”
“Such leave ought to be given.”
“defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s complaint under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act should be granted”
“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.