Robert D. Martin
How Judge Martin rules, drawn from 16 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Martin no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Martin decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Binding high-court guidance controls even when it appears in explanatory language rather than the narrow holding.
“Essentially, dicta or not, the Supreme Court provides a clear directive concerning the limits of federal power.”
Procedural preferences
Derivative standing can be appropriate when a colorable estate claim can be pursued with little estate cost or downside.
“Derivative standing is made appropriate here by the low cost and risk placed on the estate.”
Cautions
Exemption work performed after reorganization has ceased to be feasible may not be compensable from the estate.
“Those fees must be denied. First, because exemption work performed by a chapter 11 debtor's attorney is of no benefit to the estate.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“the exemptions for the accounts receivable are allowed”
“this inherited IRA does not qualify for exemption under the Wisconsin statute”
“Balisle lacks standing to assert priority in this case for the claim it asserts against Debtor”
“the plain language of the Contract imposes a condition precedent to the formation of the contract”
“Houlihan does not have the right to unilaterally waive the condition”
“a mortgage’s appearance in the grantor/grantee index establishes constructive notice to subsequent purchasers and the bankruptcy trustee may not use his strong-arm power to avoid the mortgage”
“The objection to the exemption must be overruled”
“Turnover of the DIP account at question here to the trustee is compelled by the controlling law”
“the trustee is entitled to judgment against the defendants for the return of debtor’s interest in the Sanderson promissory note”
“The trustee is entitled to judgment against the defendants for $250,000.00 with interest”
“there is no basis on which to compel an accounting”
“The claims of the defendants are disallowed completely”
“I allowed his claim for the vacation pay”
“Denial of the claims based on CME may be ordered”
“The motion for an order granting the factories standing to prosecute claims of the estate is granted”
“KP's claim is disallowed as a secured claim and allowed as an unsecured claim”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
All ten sampled matters were terminated and every entry stream was empty.
A historical record
Judge Martin 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.