Glen Morgan Williams

How Judge Williams rules, drawn from 25 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

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

Court
United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1976–2012
Appointed by
Gerald Ford (Republican)
Commissioned
1976-09-17
Education
Milligan College, A.B. (1940); University of Virginia School of Law, J.D. (1948)
Signed orders read
25

How Judge Williams decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

In pension review, Williams treated the plan’s own causation rules as decisive when a mine injury combined with a claimant’s preexisting limitations to produce total disability.

“The Trustees must accept a man working in the mines with his limitations.”

Procedural preferences

Williams accepted a discrimination charge signed under penalty of perjury as satisfying the statutory oath requirement.

“Fultz complied with the statute by signing and dating the charge underneath the perjury language, again as prescribed.”

Cautions

Williams deferred a jurisdictional ruling against individual officers when the record was insufficient and required focused discovery first.

“Therefore, the court orders the parties to engage in further discovery to develop a more complete record.”

Signed rulings

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

Salling v. Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services
· 1987-06-22
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Moot / procedural

“In accordance with directions received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, it is hereby ADJUDGED and ORDERED that this case is dismissed as moot and stricken from the docket.”

Sprague & Henwood v. Johnson
· 1985-04-26
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“The defendant’s motion for summary judgment must be denied.”

Dominion Bank of the Cumberlands v. Nuckolls
· 1987-03-19
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant bank) Denied

“the relevant portion of the decision of the bankruptcy court is hereby AFFIRMED.”

Poole v. Madigan
· 1991-08-06
Motion for declaratory judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“For reasons set forth above, the court declares the plaintiff Poole eligible for benefits provided under the Food Stamp Act.”

Motion for permanent injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“The defendants are enjoined from withholding such benefits from Poole.”

Morsberger v. Uniking Conveyor Corp.
· 1986-11-05
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Consequently, defendant’s motion for summary judgment is granted.”

Odle v. Trustees, United Mine Workers of America, Health & Retirement Funds
· 1988-10-26
Disability pension claim (plaintiff) Granted

“Accordingly, the court grants judgment in favor of the plaintiff.”

United Mine Workers of America v. Island Creek Coal Co.
· 1986-03-27
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Denied

“The plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is denied and the defendant’s motion to dismiss is granted.”

Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted
Mack Financial Corp. v. Ireson
· 1985-09-20
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant creditor) Granted

“Therefore, the holding of the bankruptcy court is reversed and an appropriate order will be entered.”

Grundy National Bank v. Rife
· 1987-06-24
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant bank) Denied

“Consequently, an Order will be entered affirming the bankruptcy court, dismissing all of the Bank’s claims, and striking this cause from the docket.”

Fortney v. United States
· 1987-04-21
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“Consequently, these cases are dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.”

Bieger v. Consolidation Coal Co.
· 1987-01-20
Summary judgment (Consolidation Coal Company) Granted

“Accordingly, summary judgment will be granted to Consol and denied to Cowin.”

Summary judgment (Cowin and Company) Denied
Lambert v. Connors
· 1988-10-04
Summary judgment (defendant trustees) Denied

“Accordingly, the court overrules the motion for summary judgment filed by the defendants and will enter an Order granting final judgment to the claimant and award him his disability miner’s pension.”

Disability pension claim (plaintiff claimant) Granted

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The fixed historical sample includes prisoner civil-rights, disability-benefits, and negotiable-instrument matters; six matters lack a retained nature-of-suit label. It is not representative of Williams’s full tenure.

A historical record

Judge Williams 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.