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Willard Hall

United States District Court for the District of Delaware district Retired 1871 · served 1823–1871 Appointed by James Monroe (Democratic-Republican) 3 signed orders read

Judge Hall 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.

United States v. Commandant of Fort Delaware

Hall rejected the asserted statutory basis for a military commission to try civilians after civil government and civil courts had resumed operation.

United States v. Distillery
Government forfeiture libel (United States) Granted

“Let there be a decree of condemnation in the usual form.”

The Cayenne
Salvage claim (libelants) Granted

“This view indicates the principle of allowance: divide what remains over all costs and disbursements equally between the parties — to each a moiety. I think this is satisfactory to common sense and feeling of propriety.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No case-level electronic docket records are available for this nineteenth-century tenure.

A historical record

Judge Hall 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.