Luther Lee Bohanon
Judge Bohanon no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Bohanon decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
He enforced an insurance policy's examination-under-oath requirement where the refusal was willful and contradicted by the documentary record.
“Plaintiff has failed to proffer even a scintilla of credible evidence raising a factual issue concerning the willfulness .of her refusal.”
Cautions
He denied class treatment where individualized damages proof would require numerous separate factual determinations.
“Individual considerations would have to be given to each requestor with respect to the requirements of (2), (3) and (4), resulting in numerous ‘minitrials.’ The individualized nature of the proof precludes this court from finding this case suitable for class certification under Rule 23(b)(3).”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this action is TRANSFERRED to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Wichita Falls Division. The clerk is directed to accomplish such transfer forthwith.”
“Having found that the trial court did not commit any reversible error, its decision is affirmed.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendant, Farmers Insurance Company’s, motion for summary judgment is GRANTED. This action is accordingly DISMISSED.”
“(1) the government’s motion to dismiss based on lack of subject matter jurisdiction because Plaintiffs’ suit was not timely filed is DENIED;”
“(2) the government’s motion to dismiss on the ground that Plaintiffs’ assault and battery claim is not cognizable under the Federal Tort Claims Act is hereby GRANTED;”
“finding that the Defendants had discriminated against the Plaintiff on the basis of his national origin, Hispanic, and his sex, male, when they failed to hire Plaintiff in the position of Sales Representative but instead hired a white female, Lorraine Smoot, on January 29, 1990.”
“As the prevailing party, he is entitled to an award of reasonable attorney fees and costs.”
“We affirm the district court’s actions and remand this case for new trial in accordance with that court’s orders.”
“Accordingly, the OSU defendants’ Motion to Dismiss is granted.”
“IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Defendants, Principal Mutual Life Insurance Company and Principal Financial Group’s, motion to reconsider is GRANTED. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s tort claim for breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing is DISMISSED.”
“WHEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that Defendant, Rose State College’s, motion for summary judgment is GRANTED, and this action is DISMISSED in its entirety.”
“Accordingly, his actions fall within the intentional acts exclusion of his homeowners policy and Allstate has no duty to defend or indemnify him in the state court action. The motion for summary judgment is granted.”
“Further, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and against the plaintiff.”
A historical record
Judge Bohanon 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.