Rabe Ferguson Marsh Jr.

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

Judge Marsh 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
1950–1993
Appointed by
Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Commissioned
1950-06-08
Education
Lafayette College, A.B., 1927; University of Pittsburgh School of Law, LL.B., 1930
Signed orders read
25

Signed rulings

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

Walters v. St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center
· 1982-03-25
Motions to dismiss (St. Elizabeth Hospital Medical Center) Moot / procedural

“An order transferring the case to the Northern District of Ohio will be entered.”

Bernotas v. Harley Davidson, Inc.
· 1982-03-09
Summary judgment (Harley Davidson, Inc.) Denied

“Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment will be denied.”

United States v. Lebovitz
· 1980-11-25
Motion to suppress (Robert A. Lebovitz) Denied

“An appropriate order will be entered denying the motion to suppress.”

United States v. Persinger
· 1984-06-14
Motion for new trial (Frank Owen Persinger) Denied

“an appropriate order will be entered denying said motion.”

Osborne Ex Rel. Osborne v. Baker
· 1981-12-03
Motion to add delay damages (plaintiffs) Granted

“a federal court must apply ‘delay damages’ to a jury verdict in a diversity case pursuant to Rule 238.”

Creasy v. Stevens
· 1958-03-19
Motion for permanent injunction (plaintiffs) Granted

“An appropriate order will be entered permanently enjoining the defendants from enforcing the statute against the plaintiffs.”

United States v. Henderson
· 1984-03-07
Motion to dismiss indictment (James Henderson) Denied

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

United States v. Berger
· 1980-06-10
Motion to open default judgment (defendant) Granted

“It is our opinion that the judgment should be opened.”

Dubbs v. McCabe-Powers Body Co.
· 1981-01-05
Motion to join involuntary plaintiff (Dynex Hydraulics, Inc.) Granted

“An appropriate order will be entered granting the motion of Dynex.”

In re Grand Jury Investigation of Titanium Industry
· 1978-07-06
Motion to record grand jury proceedings (John Doe) Granted

“We think the motion should be granted.”

United States v. Gysin
· 1979-09-27
Motion to suppress (Larry Vincent Gysin) Denied

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

United States v. Battles
· 1981-01-06
Motion to vacate sentence (Stanley Joseph Battles) Denied

“An order will be entered denying the motion to vacate sentence.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

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

A historical record

Judge Marsh 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.