Mosher Joseph Blumenfeld
Judge Blumenfeld no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Blumenfeld decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He required a concrete, non-speculative injury to establish federal standing.
“In sum, Minor’s alleged injury is too generalized, speculative and remote to justify standing in this case.”
Cautions
He granted employment summary judgment where the plaintiff could not substantiate pretext beyond evidence of qualifications.
“she has offered no substantial evidence indicating that the defendant’s explanation of its actions was a pretext for unlawful discrimination on the basis of Ms. Graham’s age.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“On May 20,-1986, following a hearing on this motion, the court ruled in open court that this motion for summary judgment was granted in favor of all defendants in this case.”
“The plaintiffs’ motion for reconsideration of that ruling, filed after the hearing, is hereby denied.”
“Defendant’s motion, for summary judgment is granted.”
“Defendant’s motion in limine is granted in part and denied in part.”
“After having considered these objections, the court hereby grants summary judgment in favor of the Hartford defendants with respect to plaintiff’s claims relating to the 1976 search of plaintiff’s house, the 1979 arrest' and imprisonment, and the 1982 automobile searches and seizures. Summary judgment is denied with respect to the 1981 murder arrest incident, and the 1981 drug arrest incident, as described in this opinion.”
“For that reason, the motion of Ashland Oil for Summary Judgment is hereby denied.”
“In light of all the foregoing and consistent with the analysis in Tillett I, the defendant’s motion, which will be treated as a motion for summary judgment, is granted.”
“Therefore, Maho-ney’s and Celebrate Life’s motion for summary judgment is hereby granted, and Minor’s motion for summary judgment is denied.”
“Plaintiff Minor’s motion to compel discovery is moot because she has no standing to sue.”
“Similarly, the Town of Bristol’s motion to dismiss the third-party complaint brought against it by Mahoney and Celebrate Life is moot because it was based on an indemnity theory; since Mahoney and Celebrate Life were successful on summary judgment, they have no indemnity claim against the Town as a third-party defendant.”
“Finally, the motion for contempt against the nonparty witness Gayle Brooks is moot because her deposition is no longer needed.”
“Having considered the defendants’ motion for summary judgment de novo upon *15 plaintiff’s objection to the magistrate’s recommended ruling, the motion for summary judgwent is denied”
“Accordingly the court must refuse the defendants their requested relief. Motion denied.”
“Accordingly, the defendant’s motion for summary judgment must be granted.”
“Therefore, the motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“For the foregoing reasons, Friedlander Gaines’ motion for judgment on the pleadings is granted in part and denied in part.”
“For the foregoing reasons, the motion for summary judgment is denied and the motion to dismiss is granted as to the plaintiff’s claim for loss of consortium resulting from death.”
A historical record
Judge Blumenfeld 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.