John Ethridge McCall
How Judge McCall rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge McCall no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge McCall decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
McCall treated price-information cooperation as unlawful when the practical result was suppression of competition and coordinated price increases.
“Competition without co-operation means destructive competition. Co-operation without competition means the destruction of competition — price fixing.”
Procedural preferences
McCall separated subject-matter jurisdiction from venue and enforced the statutory district limitation when a defendant timely objected.
“the question raised seems to be one of venue rather than federal jurisdiction.”
Cautions
McCall required criminal liability to be established through admissible evidence and ordinary legal safeguards, regardless of the defendant's size or prominence.
“before any citizen, however great or small, or any corporation, however rich or powerful, can be legally convicted and punished for crime, that crime must be established, under and according to the rules of evidence and the forms of law.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The result is that the application for naturalization must be denied, without prejudice.”
“An order will be entered, disallowing the plea to the jurisdiction of this court.”
“The result is I think the sixth and seventh grounds of the demurrer are good, and an order will be entered quashing the indictment.”
“It results from what has been said that the motion for a new trial will be overruled.”
“An order will be entered, confirming the action of the referee, with costs”
“An order will be entered, affirming the order of the referee, with costs”
“The result is that the motion for a new trial will be allowed; and it is so ordered.”
“A decree will be entered, vacating the stay order issued in this case”
“denying the application for an injunction”
“the relief prayed for by the plaintiffs should be granted, and a decree will be entered, enjoining the defendants, according to the prayer of the bill.”
“An order will be entered vacating the stay order heretofore made and denying the temporary injunction prayed for.”
“the plea in abatement of the levee board, in so far as it is based upon the ground now under consideration, is held to be sufficient, and the court is without jurisdiction.”
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 McCall 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.