Joseph Very Quarles
How Judge Quarles rules, drawn from 29 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Quarles no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Quarles
Joseph Very Quarles was a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt, Judge Quarles received a commission on March 6, 1905. Judge Quarles served until death on October 7, 1911.
How Judge Quarles decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Quarles required actual fraud or unconscionable conduct before imposing a constructive trust.
“it must find either actual fraud or some unconscientious conduct.”
Procedural preferences
Quarles gave substantial weight to a bankruptcy referee’s factual findings and required clear error before disturbing them.
“the court ought not to overrule such finding unless it clearly appears from the evidence that such ruling is erroneous.”
Cautions
Quarles warned that self-representation could turn equity procedure into a damaging technical contest.
“This record well illustrates the futility of any attempt on the part of one not learned in the law to pilot his own case through the mazes of the procedure of the English Court of Chancery, which system is still retained in the federal courts.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“An order may he entered for a qualified discharge in accordance with this opinion.”
“The first objection must be sustained, and discharge denied accordingly.”
“For these reasons, the demurrer to the indictment must be sustained.”
“That portion of the finding of the referee will be affirmed.”
“that portion of the finding of the referee disallowing said sum of $202.96 is reversed”
“The finding of the referee as to the homestead exemption is therefore affirmed.”
“the demurrer will be overruled, with leave to respondent to answer within 20 days if so advised.”
“the motion in arrest of judgment must be denied.”
“the motion to dismiss will be denied, and an order to that effect may be prepared.”
“the objections will be overruled, and the applicant will be admitted to citizenship.”
“For these reasons the motion will be denied.”
“the order of the referee must be reversed. The record will be returned, with instructions to allow the claim of Mrs. Smith as an unsecured claim, without preference”
“For these reasons, the decision of the referee is affirmed.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned docket records were returned for Quarles’s tenure, so no caseload mix or case-duration summary is available.
A historical record
Judge Quarles no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled here. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.