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Robert Murray Gibson

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania district Deceased · served 1922–1949 Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican) 20 signed orders read

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

Signed rulings

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

Hartford-empire Co. v. Shawkee Mfg. Co.
· 1946-08-12
Restitution counterclaim (defendant counterclaimants) Granted

“Each of the defendant counterclaim-ants is entitled to the restitution to it of any sum which it had paid to Hartford-Empire Company by the direct order of the court in the injunction decree.”

Damages counterclaim (defendant counterclaimants) Denied

“the defendants herein, Shawkee Manufacturing Company, Glenshaw Glass Company, Inc., and McKee Glass Company, are not entitled to a judgment for damages, but only to a judgment for costs and for the restitution to them of amounts paid by them to Hartford-Empire Company by the direct order of the injunction decree.”

New Amsterdam Cas. Co. v. United States
· 1947-04-21
Motion to quash service (United States) Granted

“The motion- to quash the summons upon the Treasurer of the United States will be granted, also the motion to dismiss the action against the United States.”

Motions to dismiss (United States) Granted
Carpenter v. United States
· 1947-06-23
National service life insurance claim (plaintiff) Denied

“So finding the Court must enter judgment for the defendant.”

Sutherland Paper Co. v. Grant Paper Box Co.
· 1947-06-24
Judgment on the pleadings (defendant) Denied

“Both of the motions mentioned supra must be denied.”

Motion for separate trial (defendant) Denied
MacLaughlin v. Union Switch & Signal Co.
· 1947-06-25
Motion to vacate dismissal and amend (plaintiffs) Denied

“The motion of plaintiffs to vacate the judgment of March 27, 1947, and for leave to file an amended complaint will be denied.”

Fidelity Trust Co. v. Colonial Trust Co.
· 1948-01-23
Motions to dismiss (defendant) Denied

“The motions to dismiss the complaint and the amendments thereto will be denied.”

Hoffstot v. Helm
· 1948-02-26
Petition for accounting (plaintiff) Granted

“Pursuant to the petition therefor, an accounting will be ordered in this court.”

Mosher v. Snyder & Swanson, Inc.
· 1948-03-25
Motion to compel reply to affirmative defense (defendant) Granted

“it is further ordered that plaintiff answer said affirmative defense on or before fifteen (15) days from the date hereof.”

Motion to strike affirmative defense (plaintiff) Denied

“said motion to strike be, and the same hereby is, denied”

Barr v. Eastern Air Lines
· 1948-04-15
Motion to dismiss or quash service (defendant) Denied

“The alternative motion of defendant to dismiss the action, or in lieu thereof to quash the return of service of the summons and complaint, will be denied.”

Neff v. Hindman
· 1948-04-22
Motion to dismiss or quash service (defendant) Denied

“The motion of the defendant will be denied.”

McComb v. Dobson
· 1948-04-28
Fair labor standards injunction (administrator) Granted

“injunction will issue as prayed in the Complaint.”

United States ex rel. Zabadlija v. Garfinkel
· 1948-05-15
Habeas petition (relator) Denied

“The writ of habeas corpus will be dismissed and the relator will be ordered to surrender to the Officer in Charge, Immigration and Naturalization Service.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

No surviving assigned-case index results were located for this pre-electronic tenure, so no caseload, duration, motion-base-rate, or timing claim is made.

A historical record

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