James Alger Fee
Judge Fee no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Fee decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Fee treated a nonmalicious response to a public political attack as conditionally privileged.
“He who seizes the sword may be wounded by a sword.”
Procedural preferences
Fee required trial of disputed facts that controlled both jurisdiction and the merits.
“where there are allegations of key jurisdictional facts which are controverted, there always exists power to try the issues thus made.”
Fee resisted using extraordinary writs to supervise ordinary incidents of ongoing trial-court litigation.
“The appellate courts will not supervise the daily incidents of an action in court or a trial by mandamus or prohibition.”
Cautions
Fee expressly disapproved a protective appeal that could not affect the taxpayer's case.
“The taking of the appeal was not justified, and we express our disapproval of such a step.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“The case is reversed with direction that the motion to dismiss be denied and plaintiff be given the opportunity to amend the complaint.”
“The cause is remanded for trial of the issues of fact.”
“The proceeding is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
Not applicable to this circuit-court record.
A historical record
Judge Fee 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.