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Kent Amos Jordan

United States District Court for the District of Delaware district Retired 2025 · served 2002–2025 Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican) 19 signed orders read

Judge Jordan no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Ampex Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“Ampex’s motion for summary judgment that the ’121 patent is not unenforceable due to alleged inequitable conduct (D.I. 283) and the Defendants’ motion for summary judgment of inequitable conduct (D.I.291) are DENIED.”

Summary judgment (defendants) Denied
Ampex Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Ampex’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,821,121 is Not Anticipated is DENIED.”

Ampex Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“the summary judgment motions regarding prior art (D.I. 286; D.I. 294) are DENIED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied
Ampex Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Ampex’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment that U.S. Patent No. 4,821,121 is Not Invalid for Obviousness (D.I.280) is GRANTED as to the combinations of SDMS + papers and articles, Response + DLS, and Paint Box + Response, and is DENIED in all other respects.”

Callaway Golf Co. v. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion (D.I.307) is DENIED.”

Philips Electronics North America Corp. v. Contec Corp.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted

“Philips’ Motion for Summary Judgment on Defendants’ Affirmative Defense of Equitable Estoppel (D.I. 295) is GRANTED.”

Philips Electronics North America Corp. v. Contec Corp.
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“CMT’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment Limiting Philips’ Damages (D.I. 300) is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART.”

Callaway Golf Co. v. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc.
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted in part

“Callaway’s motion for summary judgment on Dunlop’s claims for negligent hiring, training, supervision and/or retention of employees, conversion, and unjust enrichment (D.I.306) is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Callaway Golf Co. v. Dunlop Slazenger Group Americas, Inc.
Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied

“Dunlop’s motions for reconsideration (D.I.364, 366) are denied.”

Motion for reconsideration (defendant) Denied
Ampex Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co.
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement (D.I.302) is GRANTED.”

Boyd v. Wilmington Police Department
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted in part

“the Motion (D.I. 42) is GRANTED as to Boyd’s claim under § 35-111 of the Wilmington City Code, and DENIED in all other respects.”

Green v. First Correctional Medical
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“FCM’s Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED to the extent that any state law medical negligence claims raised by Green are dismissed, and is DENIED in all other respects.”

Motion to appoint counsel (plaintiff) Denied

“Green’s Motion for Appointment of Counsel is DENIED without prejudice.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median motion-to-ruling time: 126 days (N = 7).

The oldest tenure-era assigned-case slice included patent, prisoner, civil-rights, Social Security, bankruptcy, RICO, employment, and statutory matters. It is a bounded historical slice rather than a career-wide denominator.

A historical record

Judge Jordan 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.