Richard Frank Cebull
Judge Cebull no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Cebull decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Cebull treated the continuing availability of probable cause after challenged warrant statements were removed as fatal to the constitutional claims.
“whether or not charges are ultimately brought has nothing to do with whether there is probable cause to issue a search warrant.”
Procedural preferences
He denied further amendment when repeated pleading efforts did not cure conclusory claims and another amendment would be futile.
“Futility alone can justify the denial of leave to amend.”
Cautions
In copyright comparisons, he filtered out standard or unprotectable elements before assessing substantial similarity.
“unprotectible [sic] elements should not be considered when applying the extrinsic test to artwork.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Gallatin County’s Motion for Summary Judgment {doc. ) is DENIED.”
“Pursuant to the parties’ joint and stipulated motion to vacate, the Court hereby VACATES its Order and decision dated June 29, 1999”
“Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss (doc. 203) is DENIED.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Preliminary Injunction is DENIED.”
“Defendant Sisters of Charity’s Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 21) is GRANTED;”
“Defendant BCBS’ Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 27) is GRANTED;”
“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 51) is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART as stated herein.”
“Defendant’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (doc. 60) is DENIED IN PART and GRANTED IN PART as stated herein.”
“the Motions to Dismiss Amended Counterclaims brought by Gunvor Group Ltd. (doc. 67), Pinesdale LLC (doc. 69), Boich Companies, LLC (doc. 71), First-Energy Generation Corp. (doc. 73), First-Energy Corp. (doc. 75), FirstEnergy Ventures Corp. (doc. 77), Global Coal Sales Group, LLC (doc. 79), Global Mining Holding Company (doc. 81), and WMB Marketing Ventures, LLC (doc. 83) are GRANTED.”
“Signal Peak Energy, LLC’s Motion to Dismiss Amended Counterclaims (doc. 85) is GRANTED IN PART”
“Counterclaim Defendant’s Motion for Protective Order staying all discovery (doc. 95) is DENIED AS MOOT.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 17] is DENIED.”
“Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 36 ] *1017 is GRANTED.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (doc. 32) is DENIED, except as to claims relating to Eaton’s breach of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, breach of the Separation Agreement after July 15, 2010, or Taylor Brands’ interference with those contracts.”
“Plaintiffs Motion for Preliminary Injunction (doc. 16) is GRANTED IN PART”
“Defendants’ Motion for *1001 Judgment on the Pleadings (doc. 18) is GRANTED: the Complaint (doc. 1) is DISMISSED WITH PREJUDICE.”
“Plaintiffs’ Motion to File Second Amended Complaint (doc. 31) is DENIED.”
“Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. # 45) be GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The 20 located cases were all terminated and form a bounded early-2008 cohort rather than a career-wide caseload measure.
A historical record
Judge Cebull 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.