Wallace Samuel Gourley
Judge Gourley 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.
“petitioner’s application for Writ of Habeas Corpus is hereby denied.”
“the plaintiff was entitled to maintenance and cure for the ninety-six days in which she was off from work due to her illness.”
“the Court can find no basis in law to make any award based on unseaworthiness where a claimant was not absent from work and where he did not get any medical attention.”
“the box of meat which plaintiff attempted to move was clearly too heavy and improperly packaged and, therefore, rendered the vessel unseaworthy.”
“the defendant, Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation (hereinafter ‘Allegheny’) violated plaintiff’s rights under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.”
“Defendant, United Steelworkers of America, Local No. 1196 (hereinafter ‘Local’) and the United Steelworkers of America, International (hereinafter ‘International’) did not violate plaintiff’s civil rights nor did they breach any duty of fair representation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.”
“the defendants have not violated any of the disclosure provisions in the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z”
“the court is satisfied that the granting of defendant’s Motion to Dismiss as to all claims against defendant other than those presented by Harriet Baum was proper.”
“judgment is hereby entered in favor of Harriet Baum only and against the defendant, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, for payment of accumulated sick days in the amount of $861.87”
“the court can find no basis for the awarding of any damages or back pay since Mrs. Baum’s termination was not the result of retaliation on the part of defendant.”
“are hereby permanently enjoined from denying any female employee from using accumulated sick days for any pregnancy related or childbirth disability upon proof and application of same.”
“judgment is hereby entered in behalf of defendants, Ted McWilliams Volkswagen, Inc. and Mellon Bank, N.A., and against the plaintiff, Russell M. Cosby, together with costs.”
“defendants’ motions for summary judgment are hereby granted, and the proceeding is dismissed with prejudice.”
“neither party is entitled to recover either on the original claim or on the counterclaim.”
“The Court is compelled to deny this request since plaintiff never made a showing of the specific claims of a sufficient number”
“the defendants committed no discriminatory employment practices against the plaintiff and accordingly, plaintiff is entitled to no relief.”
“the defendant, United States of America, did not commit a breach of the lease agreement and accordingly, plaintiff is not entitled to any damages or equitable relief prayed for in its complaint.”
“plaintiff’s motion for class action certification is denied.”
“the defendant’s motion should be granted and plaintiff’s motion should 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 Gourley 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.