A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
How Judge Quattlebaum rules, drawn from 3 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
How Judge Quattlebaum decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
In E & G, Quattlebaum required the sender seeking judgment to establish that the recipient expressly permitted the advertising fax.
“The burden is ultimately on the defendant to show that it obtained the necessary prior express invitation or permission.”
In Scottsdale, Quattlebaum treated the initial fight and later vehicle injury as one immediate sequence for purposes of an assault-and-battery exclusion.
“The chain of events is immediate and direct in that regard.”
Procedural preferences
In E & G, Quattlebaum left disputed questions of permission and sender identity for the factfinder when either side's view could reasonably be accepted.
“It is not for the Court to decide credibility, weigh the evidence, or decipher the nature, contours, and import of the various agreements and any permissible actions which may be implicated by this unique set of facts.”
In Sproull, Quattlebaum resolved policy interpretation but left underlying family-purpose and negligent-entrustment questions to the pending state action.
“In ruling in a declaratory judgment action, the Court should not decide issues extending beyond coverage, or determine disputed factual issues that are key to an insured's liability in an underlying suit.”
Cautions
The located district record spans three published decisions during a six-month tenure, so each ruling is useful for its reasoning but the counts are not a measure of general behavior.
“The issues are narrow in this regard and the potential liability under the statute, limited at this stage of the litigation.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“For the reasons stated above, Mount Vernon's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 50) is DENIED.”
“State Farm's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 53) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”
“the Estate's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 13) is DENIED”
“Plaintiff Scottsdale's Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF No. 72) is GRANTED.”
“Accordingly, the Court need not rule on Scottsdale's Motion to Strike the Third Defense or Alternative Motion for Partial Summary Judgment regarding Sandy Monkey's waiver defense and the adequacy of Scottsdale's reservation of rights letter. That Motion is now MOOT.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 91 days (N = 5).
Median motion-to-ruling time: 143 days (N = 5).
The fixed five tenure-filed matters included two employee-benefit disputes, one prisoner civil-rights action, one product-liability action, and one patent action. All five were terminated.
Draft for Judge Quattlebaum with the record in hand
Ezel grounds your drafting and research in this profile: what has persuaded Judge Quattlebaum, and what has not, cited to the signed orders.
Opens in Ezel Pro.
- Grounded in Judge Quattlebaum's own signed orders
- Cites every source it relies on, so you can verify it
- Chat, drafting and research in one workspace