W. H. Seward Thomson

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1914–1932 Appointed by Woodrow Wilson (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

Judge Thomson 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.

In re Prack
· 1932-03-26
Citizenship application (petitioner) Granted

“his petition is accordingly granted.”

Charleroi Supply Co. v. Kelly
· 1930-04-28
Claim for preferred payment (Charleroi Supply Company) Denied

“The defendant, under the circumstances of the case, is therefore entitled to judgment.”

Greenebaum v. General Forbes Hotel Co.
· 1930-02-15
Receiver petition for insurance policy (receiver) Denied

“the petition of the receiver must be dismissed.”

Centaur Co. v. Genesh
· 1929-06-18
Trademark infringement claim (plaintiff) Granted

“Plaintiff is entitled to the relief prayed for, and a decree may be drawn accordingly.”

Unfair competition claim (plaintiff) Granted
In re Knofsky
· 1927-04-20
Motion to dismiss discharge revocation petition (bankrupt) Granted

“The action to dismiss is therefore sustained, and petition dismissed.”

James B. Clow & Sons v. Automatic Gas-Steam Radiator Co.
· 1929-07-01
Patent infringement claim (plaintiff) Granted

“I find claims 1, 2, and 3 of the Daily patent in suit are valid and infringed by the defendant.”

Patent infringement claim (plaintiff) Granted
Patent infringement claim (plaintiff) Granted
In re Buchanan
· 1928-02-24
Petition for return of crop purchase price (mortgagee and land purchaser) Denied

“the learned referee was in error in awarding the return to the mortgagee of the money which he had paid for the growing crop.”

In re Erie Exposition Ass'n
· 1927-04-06
Petition for preferred check payment (check payee) Denied

“The order and opinion of the learned referee are therefore affirmed.”

Walter v. Pennington
· 1928-03-26
Motion to vacate prior dismissal (permit holder) Granted

“the order of this eourt, 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”

Petition to set aside permit revocation (permit holder) Granted

“the order revoking the plaintiff’s permit is reversed and set aside, and the permit granted to the plaintiff is restored.”

New York Life Insurance Co. v. Sisson
· 1926-10-08
Motion to dismiss insurance cancellation bill (defendant) Denied

“The motion to dismiss must therefore be overruled.”

Tindle v. Heiner
· 1928-06-20
Tax refund claim (taxpayer) Granted

“plaintiff is entitled to a judgment against the defendant in the amount sued for”

In re Tataseo
· 1924-03-12
Motion to set aside naturalization dismissal (petitioner) Denied

“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. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.