W. H. Seward Thomson
How Judge Thomson rules, drawn from 20 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Thomson no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Thomson
W. H. Seward Thomson was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, Judge Thomson received a commission on July 21, 1914. Judge Thomson assumed senior status on February 21, 1928 and served until death on November 29, 1932.
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“his petition is accordingly granted.”
“The defendant, under the circumstances of the case, is therefore entitled to judgment.”
“the petition of the receiver must be dismissed.”
“Plaintiff is entitled to the relief prayed for, and a decree may be drawn accordingly.”
“The action to dismiss is therefore sustained, and petition dismissed.”
“I find claims 1, 2, and 3 of the Daily patent in suit are valid and infringed by the defendant.”
“the learned referee was in error in awarding the return to the mortgagee of the money which he had paid for the growing crop.”
“The order and opinion of the learned referee are therefore affirmed.”
“the order of this court, under date of December 29, 1927, dismissing tho plaintiff’s bill and confirming the order of revocation of the administrator, is vacated and sot aside”
“the order revoking the plaintiff’s permit is reversed and set aside, and the permit granted to the plaintiff is restored.”
“The motion to dismiss must therefore be overruled.”
“plaintiff is entitled to a judgment against the defendant in the amount sued for”
“The petition for an order revoking the order heretofore made dismissing the petition for naturalization must therefore be denied.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No surviving assigned-case index results were located for this pre-electronic tenure, so no caseload, duration, motion-base-rate, or timing claim is made.
A historical record
Judge Thomson no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.