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Marion Jones Callister

United States District Court for the District of Idaho district Retired 1997 · served 1976–1997 Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican) 30 signed orders read

Judge Callister 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.

Sonderegger v. United States Department of the Interior
· 1976-12-17
Motion for temporary injunction (claimants) Granted

“Accordingly, a temporary injunction shall issue in accordance with this memorandum decision.”

Gowin v. Altmiller
· 1978-05-31
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“this claim is properly subject to these defendants’ motion to dismiss.”

Jones v. Lickley
· 1978-06-01
Summary judgment (defendant United States) Granted

“the motion for Summary Judgment by defendant United States of America be, and the same is hereby, GRANTED”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“the motion for Summary Judgment by plaintiff be, and the same is hereby, DENIED.”

United States v. Johnson
· 1978-07-14
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“defendant’s motion for summary judgment must fail”

Summary judgment (plaintiff United States) Granted

“plaintiff is entitled to its motion for summary judgment”

Hall v. Swartley
· 1978-09-21
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff professor) Denied

“plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction be, and the same is hereby, DENIED.”

State of Idaho v. Freeman
· 1979-10-04
Motion to disqualify (defendant) Denied

“the motion to disqualify has no merit and must be denied.”

Tahoe Insurance v. Morrison-Knudsen Co.
· 1979-11-15
Motion for protective order (defendant) Granted in part

“the defendant’s motion for protective order be, and the same is hereby, GRANTED only insofar as it complies with this order.”

Dixey v. Idaho First National Bank
· 1981-01-09
Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment is not well taken and should be denied.”

Summary judgment (defendant bank) Granted

“the defendant, Idaho First National Bank, is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

State of Idaho v. Freeman
· 1981-02-06
Motion to disqualify (defendant-intervenors) Denied

“both would compel a denial of NOW’s motion.”

Martinez v. Idaho First National Bank
· 1981-02-11
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Denied

“plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is not well taken”

Summary judgment (defendant bank) Granted

“defendant Idaho First National Bank is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.”

Valley Bank v. Vance (In Re Vance)
· 1983-02-08
Bankruptcy appeal (appellant bank) Denied

“the Court hereby AFFIRMS the decision of the Bankruptcy Court.”

Giles v. Ackerman
· 1983-02-09
Summary judgment (defendants) Granted

“the defendants are entitled to summary judgment on that issue.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Median case duration in the sampled dockets: 1872 days (N = 20).

The 20 located dockets are a sparse pre-electronic cohort dominated by asbestos product-liability cases and do not represent Callister's full caseload.

A historical record

Judge Callister 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.