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Orville Edwin Langley

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma district Deceased · served 1965–1973 Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic) 21 signed orders read

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

How Judge Langley decides

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

What persuades

He treated an established and accepted course of dealing as the practical measure of reasonable collection timing.

“The manner in which the drafts were handled prior to the $76,000.00 draft established a course of dealing, approved and acquiesced in by the plaintiffs and the forwarding banks, by which the Bank of Hydro was expected to continue its efforts to collect the drafts for periods of at least the length of those during which the drafts in question were held.”

Cautions

He required a tort complaint against the United States to identify operational negligence rather than merely relabel discretionary regulatory choices.

“All of these, if true, involve discretionary functions of government and alleging dereliction at the operational level does not convert the action into one that is permitted against the United States.”

Signed rulings

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

United States v. Kennedy
· 1971-05-14
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Murray
· 1972-07-14
Appeal (United States) Granted in part

“It is our view, therefore, that the case should be remanded to the trial court for amendment of the judgment to provide for interest at four percent, and that as amended the judgment be Affirmed.”

Sanchez v. United States
· 1966-08-11
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Donahue
· 1971-06-02
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Henry v. Patterson
· 1966-07-18
Appeal (state prisoner) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Boyd v. United States
· 1971-06-02
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

United States v. Dalzell
· 1971-06-02
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Mohler v. United States
· 1966-07-18
Appeal (federal prisoner) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Davis v. Crouse
· 1966-07-18
Appeal (state prisoner) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Tritt v. United States
· 1970-02-20
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Dailey v. United States
· 1966-09-06
Appeal (criminal defendants) Denied

“Affirmed.”

Padilla v. United States
· 1970-01-28
Appeal (criminal defendant) Denied

“The judgment is affirmed.”

A historical record

Judge Langley 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.