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Charles Schwartz Jr.

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana district Appointed by Gerald Ford (Republican) 25 signed orders read

Signed rulings

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

Carline v. Capital Marine Supply, Inc.
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff) Denied

“For the foregoing reasons, the plaintiff’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction was DENIED, reserving to plaintiff the right to move for a severance of the claim for maintenance and cure from the other issues of the lawsuit and for an expedited hearing on the claim if so severed.”

McGraw v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.
Motion for separate trial (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ motion for separate trial on the issue of sea*25man’s release be and it is hereby GRANTED AND MODIFIED, bifurcating the trial of this case as set out in this opinion into release and liability sections before a single jury.”

Yochim v. Lykes Bros. Steamship
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“This matter came before the Court on a former day on the motion of defendant Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. for summary judgment. Following oral argument by counsel, the motion was granted.”

Executive Office Centers, Inc. v. Federal Deposit Insurance
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“Accordingly, plaintiffs claims as against defendants the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and First City Bank are hereby dismissed with prejudice.”

Boudreaux v. Puckett
Summary judgment (defendant) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion of defendant Western Surety Company for summary judgment be and it is hereby GRANTED, dismissing Western Surety Company from this suit, each party to bear its own costs.”

Summary judgment (plaintiff) Denied

“IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the motion of plaintiff, Richard Boudreaux, for summary judgment, be and it is hereby DENIED.”

Save Our Wetlands, Inc. (Sowl) v. Rush
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“IT IS ORDERED that the motion to dismiss be and it is hereby DENIED.”

Tyrolf v. Veterans Administration
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted in part

“IT IS ORDERED that defendants’ motion to dismiss be and it is hereby GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED IN PART, solely dismissing the Veterans Administration as a party defendant.”

State of La. v. Mathews
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“Considering the foregoing, the motion of defendants to dismiss and in the alternative for summary judgment is hereby granted, and plaintiffs’ suit is hereby dismissed, with prejudice each party to bear its own costs. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with the above.”

McCarthy v. Hardy
Motion for permanent injunction (plaintiff) Granted

“IT IS ORDERED that the State of Louisiana and/or the Secretary of State be and they are hereby permanently enjoined from the further printing and distributing of election ballots without including the name of Eugene J. McCarthy as President, Hugh W. Long as Vice-President, and plaintiff George Grady Kehoe and the McCarthy electors listed on the nomination paper attached to plaintiff’s complaint.”

Clanton v. Orleans Parish School Board
Class certification (plaintiff) Denied

“Accordingly, the motion for class certification and the motion to intervene are hereby DENIED.”

Motion to intervene (proposed intervenor) Denied
Truehart v. Blandon
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Granted

“For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS defendants’ motions to dismiss plaintiff’s claim for loss of society and CERTIFIES this order under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b).”

United States v. Crescent City, E.M.S., Inc.
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“Before the Court is defendant Crescent City, E.M.S., Inc’s (‘Crescent City’s’) Motion to Dismiss Count I and II of the Complaint in the above-captioned matter, for alleged failure to plead fraud with particularity pursuant to FRCP 9(b). For reasons hereinafter stated, the Court denies Crescent City’s motion, and, in order at this time to avoid dismissal of Counts I and II, grants to plaintiff the right to amend its complaint to plead such fraud with particularity within 45 (forty-five) days.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The reviewed decisions span maritime and admiralty matters, banking and receivership disputes, civil rights, election law, administrative review, arbitration, and general civil litigation; no structured nature-of-suit enumeration was available for this closed historical docket.

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