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Anthony Julian

United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts district Retired 1972 · served 1959–1972 Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) 25 signed orders read

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

How Judge Julian decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

What persuades

Julian denied preliminary relief when the moving party did not identify irreparable harm to the organization or the affected employees.

“The plaintiff failed to show that denial of a preliminary injunction would in any way subject the Brotherhood or any of its members to irreparable damage.”

Julian granted restitution when retaining the purchase price for nonexistent property would unjustly enrich the government.

“To hold otherwise would be to permit the government to be unjustly enriched at the expense of the plaintiff.”

Procedural preferences

Julian favored resolving an entire controversy in one proceeding when parallel declaratory litigation would multiply factual and legal disputes.

“Litigation should not be needlessly multiplied.”

Julian required the government to justify a warrantless seizure and placed the burden on it when the defendant moved to suppress.

“On a motion to suppress evidence seized without a valid search warrant, the burden is on the government to show that the seizure was supportable”

Cautions

Julian dismissed a federal claim that fell below the jurisdictional amount while expressly preserving any remedy available in the proper forum.

“The dismissal, however, is without prejudice to plaintiff’s right, if any he has, to assert his claim under the Tucker Act”

Julian treated an obvious condition as insufficient for premises liability without evidence of negligence or a duty to warn.

“A mere showing of slipperiness without more is insufficient to sustain the plaintiff’s claim.”

Signed rulings

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

United States v. DiPrima
Motion to suppress (defendant) Denied

“Defendant’s motion to suppress is denied.”

Blair v. M/V Blue Spruce
Pilotage fee claim (plaintiff) Granted

“It is ordered that judgment be entered for the plaintiff in the amount of $231.-25.”

Condakes v. Smith
Motions to dismiss (defendants) Granted

“Defendants’ motion to dismiss is therefore granted.”

In re Arnco Auto Supply Co.
Petition for review (Original Sound Sales Corporation) Denied

“The decision of the Referee is affirmed.”

Shultz v. Chalk-Fitzgerald Construction Co.
Wage restitution claim (Secretary of Labor) Granted

“It is ordered that the defendants pay said amounts to the plaintiff forthwith”

Permanent injunction (Secretary of Labor) Granted

“It is further ordered that the defendants be permanently enjoined from violating the provisions of sections 15(a) (2) and 15(a) (5) of the Fair Labor Standards Act”

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Boston & Maine Railroad
Preliminary injunction (plaintiff union) Denied

“The application for a preliminary injunction is therefore denied.”

United States v. Wiley
Motion for judgment of acquittal (defendants) Denied

“The motions for judgment of acquittal3 are therefore denied.”

Hartman v. Secretary of the Department of Housing & Urban Development
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“Accordingly, it is ordered that the complaint be dismissed. The dismissal, however, is without prejudice”

Marchand v. Director, United States Probation Office
Motion to vacate prior dismissal (petitioner) Granted

“the Court’s order of January 27, 1969, be vacated, that the petition for a writ of habeas corpus be reinstated”

Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“and that the petition be denied.”

Cia Aeolia de Navegación S.A. Panama v. John T. Clark & Son of Boston, Inc.
Sua sponte dismissal (court) Granted

“The Court in its discretion orders that the libel be dismissed without prejudice and without costs.”

Palladino v. McBrine
Habeas petition (petitioner) Denied

“the petition is dismissed.”

Sanders v. United States
Tort claim after bench trial (plaintiff) Denied

“Judgment will be entered for the defendant.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No case-level docket record was returned for Julian's tenure. The profile therefore makes no claim about caseload mix, case duration, administrative dispositions, or motion timing.

A historical record

Judge Julian 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.