Robert Madden Hill

How Judge Hill rules, drawn from 17 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Hill no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1970–1987
Appointed by
Richard Nixon (Republican)
Commissioned
1970-12-01
Education
University of Texas (B.B.A., 1948); University of Texas School of Law (LL.B., 1950)
Signed orders read
17

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Marley v. Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc.
· 1983-07-07
Motion to amend order (plaintiff) Denied

“Marley’s motion to amend the Court’s prior arbitration order should be denied”

Application to confirm arbitration award (defendants) Granted

“defendants’ application to confirm the arbitration award should be granted”

Hadra v. Herman Blum Consulting Engineers
· 1977-03-10
Motion to strike responses to requests for admission (plaintiff) Granted in part

“The defendant shall submit to the court within twenty-one (21) days of entry of this order a list of all admissions sought by the plaintiff and denied or objected to by the defendant. With respect to each admission the defendant shall describe the evidence presently known to it which serves as a basis for disputing the admission. Any such admission which the defendant cannot contest with substantial evidence will be deemed admitted by the court in a subsequent ORDER.”

United States v. Mooney
· 1975-09-26
Summary judgment (plaintiff United States) Granted

“the government’s motion should be sustained”

Summary judgment (defendant taxpayer) Denied

“the defendant taxpayer's motion should be overruled”

Thomas v. United States
· 1974-11-12
Motion for judgment as discovery sanction (defendant United States) Granted

“defendant’s motion for judgment is sustained. Counsel for the government is directed to prepare a judgment for the defendant on its counterclaim and dismissing plaintiff’s complaint with prejudice.”

Jefferson v. Mentzell
· 1976-03-11
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted in part

“the defendants’ motion should be sustained as to plaintiff’s § 3612 cause of action, but the §§ 1981 and 1982 cause of action will not be dismissed.”

Alabama Football, Inc. v. Wright
· 1977-10-20
Summary judgment (plaintiff Alabama Football) Denied

“Alabama’s motion for summary judgment is overruled”

Summary judgment (defendant Wright on the original complaint) Granted

“Wright’s motion for summary judgment on the Original Complaint is sustained”

Summary judgment (defendant Wright on his counterclaim) Denied

“Wright’s motion for summary judgment on his counterclaim is overruled”

United States v. City of Irving
· 1979-08-29
Motions to dismiss (defendant City of Irving) Granted in part

“Irving’s Motion to Dismiss and the Motion to Intervene are granted in part in accordance with this opinion.”

Motion to intervene (proposed intervenor plaintiffs) Granted in part
Lage v. Thomas
· 1984-04-25
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss is hereby granted with prejudice as to defendants Ramirez, Renslou, Elizondo and Hawkins, and without prejudice to plaintiff refiling her assault claim in state court against defendant Salinas.”

Burnside v. Sanders Associates, Inc.
· 1980-01-11
Motions to dismiss (defendant Harris Data Communications) Granted

“the motion should be granted.”

Hoffman v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development
· 1974-02-06
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“the motion to dismiss filed by the defendants is sustained and this case is dismissed as to all parties.”

Request for three judge court (plaintiffs) Denied

“The Plaintiffs’ request for the convening of a three judge court is also denied”

Happy Manufacturing Co. v. Southern Air & Hydraulics, Inc.
· 1982-08-23
Motion for new trial (plaintiff) Denied

“Because the Court rejects each of these arguments, the motions should be denied.”

Motion to alter or amend judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Motions to transfer (plaintiff) Denied

“its motion to transfer the case should be denied.”

Gaddis v. Calgon Corp.
· 1971-03-17
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Venue is sustained”

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 Hill's district-era caseload mix.

A historical record

Judge Hill 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.