John Jordan Gore
How Judge Gore rules, drawn from 9 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Gore no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Gore decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Gore treated securities pledged as collateral, rather than sold, as outside the documentary-stamp assessment.
“The stocks were not actually sold, but were only pledged or collated as security for money borrowed.”
Gore held that a newspaper’s good-faith news purpose did not privilege false and defamatory publication.
“The publication in a newspaper of false and defamatory matter is not privileged, because made in good faith as a matter of news.”
Procedural preferences
Gore enforced the transactional boundary on counterclaims when the asserted claim did not arise from the subject matter of the original suit.
“the matters set up in the counterclaim did not arise out of the transaction whieh is the subject-matter of the suit.”
Cautions
In a removal proceeding, Gore required evidence supporting probable guilt and would not rely on remote possibilities.
“the court should be persuaded from the evidence of the probable guilt of defendants, and not rest satisfied merely with remote possibilities.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the motion to strike the counterclaim should be sustained”
“the motion to strike the specific averments in the answer, as set out in the motion, should be overruled.”
“I think all the assessments are void.”
“It is therefore apparent that there was no valid waiver or waivers extending the time for the assessment or collection of additional taxes for the years of 1916 and 1917, and the assessments and collection of said taxes for these years were invalid, and without authority, because said waivers were not executed within five years! after the returns were made, and plaintiff is therefore entitled to recover the amount paid thereon, with interest from date of payment, February 5,1926.”
“The bill, in so far as it seeks a judgment for the amount of the deficiency taxes for 1918, will be dismissed.”
“It results that the order of removal is denied”
“the defendants will be discharged under the writ of habeas corpus.”
“An order will be entered, overruling grounds Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the demurrer, and sustaining ground No. 7 of same.”
“the motion to strike the first affirmative defense to plaintiff’s second cause of action as set forth in the amended answer is hereby granted.”
“the motion to strike the second affirmative defense to plaintiff’s second cause of action contained in the amended answer is hereby granted.”
“The plaintiffs’ demurrer to the first affirmative defense is therefore sustained.”
“the demurrer to the second affirmative defense is overruled.”
“The demurrer to the third affirmative defense, therefore, is overruled.”
“The demurrer to the further plea in bar is sustained”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The reviewed decisions predate representative electronic case-level dockets. This profile therefore makes no claim about complete caseload mix, case duration, administrative dispositions, or motion timing.
A historical record
Judge Gore 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.