Patrick Thomas Stone
How Judge Stone decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Stone favored resolving all claims from one transaction in a single action when third-party practice made that possible.
“All of the issues arising out of one transaction, in this instance an automobile collision, should be determined in one action.”
Stone required an evidentiary record before deciding whether a business was sufficiently connected to interstate commerce.
“Whether a business is or is not of a purely local character, for the purpose of Federal regulation, can be determined only upon an examination of the actual facts.”
Procedural preferences
Stone used discovery and pretrial procedure, rather than heightened pleading detail, to obtain transaction-specific information.
“This information, if not now in possession of defendants, may readily be obtained by defendants by interrogatories, depositions and discovery, or at a pretrial conference, as provided by statute.”
Stone applied claim preclusion to prevent the relitigation of an issue already decided between the parties.
“Public policy dictates that there be an end of litigation; that those who have contested an issue shall be bound by the result of the contest, and that matters once tried shall be considered forever settled as between the parties.”
Cautions
Stone declined exceptional patent-case fees without evidence of litigation misconduct or bad faith.
“There is no evidence in this record of any dilatory tactics, or of any vexations or oppressive conduct on the part of plaintiff’s counsel.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“It is ordered and decreed, that defendant’s motion to dismiss plaintiff’s bill of complaint be and it is hereby granted, without costs.”
“the plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment will be granted, with costs.”
“The Court is satisfied that the complaint states a cause of action, and the defendants’ motion to dismiss is denied.”
“Defendants’ motion for a summary judgment dismissing that portion of the plaintiff’s claim referred to herein is granted, and the case will stand for trial on the other issues.”
“The defendant, Mary E. Baxter, is entitled to a summary judgment denying plaintiff’s claim for a deficiency judgment”
“This Court declines, for the reasons aforesaid, to take jurisdiction of the petition for the issuance of the writ to the Local Board.”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is denied.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction is granted, with costs.”
“It is, therefore, ordered that the motion of the defendants to dismiss the complaint herein be and the same is hereby denied, without costs.”
“It is therefore ordered that the motion of respondents to vacate the order granting possession to petitioner and quashing these proceedings be and the same is hereby denied.”
“Plaintiff’s motion for judgment as prayed for in the complaint is granted.”
“Defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s complaint and for summary judgment in favor of defendant is granted, without costs.”
“The defendant’s motion is denied, without costs.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
No assigned docket records were returned for Stone’s tenure, so no caseload mix or case-duration summary is available.
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