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Adrian Guy Duplantier

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 20 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Central National Bank v. Federal Deposit Insurance
Summary judgment (defendant) Denied

“For the following reasons the motion is DENIED.”

In re Lajet, Inc.
Motion to dismiss appeal (appellee) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the Motion of Tre-visani to Dismiss DOE’s appeal CA # 93-3267 BE and IT IS HEREBY DENIED.”

Motion to consolidate (Department of Energy) Granted

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Motions of DOE and the Trustee to Consolidate CA # 93-3266 with CA # 93-3267 BE and THEY ARE HEREBY GRANTED.”

Motion to consolidate (bankruptcy trustee) Granted
United States v. Clinical Leasing Service, Inc.
Summary judgment (defendants) Denied

“For the following reasons, the defendants’ motion is DENIED, and the government’s motion is GRANTED.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Granted
Barrios v. Pelham Marine, Inc.
Motion for sanctions (third-party defendant) Granted

“For the following reasons, the motion is granted.”

Employers Insurance of Wausau v. Gulf Island Marine, Inc.
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the following reasons, we grant the motion.”

Currie v. Schon
Motion to dismiss or for summary judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“For the following reasons, the motion for sanctions is DENIED, and the motion to dismiss or for summary judgment is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part.”

Motion for sanctions (defendants) Denied
Aguillard v. Treen
Summary judgment (plaintiffs) Granted

“We hold that the case is ripe for summary judgment. Bound as we are by the Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, we declare Act 685 of the 1981 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature to be unconstitutional and enjoin its implementation.”

Resolution Trust Corp. v. Cotten
Motions to dismiss (receiver) Denied

“For the following reasons, the motion is DENIED.”

Washington Tanker Co. v. Panama Canal Commission
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“In granting the motion to dismiss filed on behalf of defendant, Panama Canal Commission, we hold that the statute of limitations in the Panama Canal Code remains applicable to vessel accidents occuring in the canal subsequent to the effective date of the Panama Canal Treaty, which abolished the Panama Canal Zone.”

Riggins v. Butler
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the petition should be dismissed for the following reasons.”

United States v. Brown
Motion for postconviction relief (defendant) Granted

“For the following reasons the motion is GRANTED.”

Flores-Salgado v. Caplinger
Immigration petition for review (petitioner) Granted

“For the following reasons, the case is remanded to the Bureau of Immigration Affairs for an additional evidentiary hearing.”

Caseload & timing

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The reviewed decisions span maritime and admiralty matters, bankruptcy appeals, civil rights, immigration, criminal procedure, constitutional challenges, banking, and insurance; no structured nature-of-suit enumeration was available for this closed historical docket.

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