Patrick Errol Higginbotham
How Judge Higginbotham rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Higginbotham left this court for the U.S. Supreme Court. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Higginbotham
Patrick Errol Higginbotham was a judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Appointed by President Gerald Ford, Judge Higginbotham received a commission on December 12, 1975. Judge Higginbotham left the court on August 3, 1982 on appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
How Judge Higginbotham decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Cautions
For access-based constitutional claims, he examined whether a practical alternative channel remained available rather than treating the requested location as an absolute entitlement.
“When the usage of the Center by a tenant does not effectively render it a public forum, ISKCON may be excluded from the interior of the buildings because the outside sidewalks provide a reasonable effective means of soliciting and proselyting.6”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The application for a temporary injunction is denied.”
“The motions for Summary Judgment will be denied.”
“The parties argued the prerequisites for class certification both orally and in extensive and excellent briefs. The evidence produced during this thorough discussion compels the holding that the plaintiff has failed to prove the existence of a class.”
“For these reasons class certification is DENIED.”
“It is THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that plaintiff’s Motion for Certification of Class should be and hereby is GRANTED.”
“All requests for injunctive relief are denied except those consistent with this memorandum. The parties will submit a proposed form of judgment.”
“The SEC’s motion for summary judgment on Phase I of this case is GRANTED.”
“Partial summary judgment therefore is granted. OKC’s motion for stay pending appeal is denied. See Midwest Growers Cooperative Corp. v. Kirkimo, 533 F.2d 455, 465 (9th Cir. 1976).”
“Placid’s motion for partial summary judgment is denied, and FEA’s cross-motion for summary judgment on these issues is granted.”
“FEA’s motion for summary judgment on this issue is granted.”
“On that ground the FEA’s motion for summary judgment on this issue is granted.”
“The proposed intervention is not proper under either subsection of Rule 24 and is hereby DENIED.”
“The court certifies the following class: All unsuccessful black applicants for flight *85attendant positions with the defendant from April 26, 1973, until December 31, 1975.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No matching historical assigned-case cohort was located, so this record makes no claim about Higginbotham's district-era caseload mix.
A historical record
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