Jonathan Russell Bullock
How Judge Bullock rules, drawn from 1 signed order. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Bullock no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Bullock
Jonathan Russell Bullock was a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island. Appointed by President Abraham Lincoln, Judge Bullock received a commission on February 11, 1865. Judge Bullock resigned on September 15, 1869.
How Judge Bullock decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Bullock required the assignee to establish the timing and unusual character of a transfer before invoking a presumption of fraud against the purchaser.
“But upon an issue of title, between the assignee and vendee, it would be first incumbent upon the former to show a sale, and within the time limited, and its unusual character, before the presumption of fraud would arise against the vendee.”
The absence of urgency or a demonstrated risk of irretrievable loss weighed against changing possession through a summary order before the title dispute was adjudicated.
“With this remedy prescribed, and in a case where no haste is required, where no risk of irretrievable loss is shown or suggested, to change the custody of this property by summary order upon mere motion would be almost to create rather than administer a remedial process.”
Procedural preferences
Bullock described summary bankruptcy authority as judicial discretion bounded by the rights of all parties and established procedure.
“This discretion, however, is not a wanton power. It is not a power to order this or that summarily and upon motion, because it may.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For these reasons the motion in this case is overruled.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No case-level electronic docket record survives in the reviewed archive for Bullock's tenure, so no caseload mix, duration, or motion-timing summary is available.
A historical record
Judge Bullock 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.