Claude Zeth Luse
How Judge Luse rules, drawn from 24 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Judge Luse no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled here.
About Judge Luse
Claude Zeth Luse was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Appointed by President Warren G. Harding, Judge Luse received a commission on April 27, 1921. Judge Luse served until death on May 28, 1932.
How Judge Luse decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Luse tailored interim relief to the specific source of likely marketplace confusion.
“no reason is seen why a preliminary injunction should not issue limited to enjoining the use ■by defendant of bottles having the name of plaintiff’s product blown therein.”
Luse treated a material false statement as sufficient to defeat reinstatement of an insurance contract.
“the false answer constituted a misrepresentation of a material fact, which vitiated the reinstatement”
Procedural preferences
Luse separated policy-specific bankruptcy rights rather than treating multiple insurance contracts alike.
“affirmed in so far as it relates to the policy of the Prudential Insurance Company of America”
Luse expected objections to discovery responses to be raised when the responses arrived.
“the proper time to complain of such irresponsive answers, if such they were, was at the time of their coming in.”
Cautions
Luse declined pre-enforcement tax relief where Congress supplied a pay-first refund remedy.
“placing the transferee in the same category as a taxpayer in so far as he is required to first pay the tax liability and thereafter seek recovery back.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“I am compelled to reverse the order of the referee, and tire same is hereby reversed, in so far as the property is concerned that is in the possession of the trustee, and covered by the contract of October 16, 1919, and the matter remanded for further proceedings in conformity with this opinion.”
“I therefore hold that both vessels were at fault, and a decree accordingly, providing for division of damages and a reference to ascertain the same, may be entered.”
“The demurrer of the defendant Johnson, state treasurer, will be sustained”
“that of the other defendants overruled.”
“The judgment is reversed, and the action remanded for further proceedings.”
“complainant may have a decree for the recovery in full of its claims: $410 in suit No. 68F, involving the Bayfield County Bank; and $2,135.84 in suit No. 69F, involving the Northern State Bank.”
“the application for a preliminary injunction must be denied.”
“the granting of the motion is now in order, and it is therefore denied.”
“I am unable to avoid the conclusion that the false answer constituted a misrepresentation of a material fact, which vitiated the reinstatement, and that this action must be dismissed.”
“the order of the referee, filed June 30, 1927, be and the same is hereby affirmed in so far as it relates to the policy of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, dated November 6, 1913, and said order is hereby reversed so far as it relates to the policy issued by the New York Life Insurance Company, No. 684610, for $977.”
“the judgment may go for the plaintiffs for the possession of the lands as against both of the defendants.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned docket records were returned for Luse’s tenure, so no caseload mix or case-duration summary is available.
A historical record
Judge Luse 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.