Alfred Lee Wyman
Judge Wyman no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.
How Judge Wyman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
What persuades
Wyman treated a statutory duty, paired with the absence of an adequate administrative remedy, as supporting judicial enforcement.
“The imposition of this statutory duty creates a right in those who thus deal in electric energy to purchase or sell the same at the rate established pursuant to the provisions of the Act.”
A direct comparison of competing publications persuaded him that copying had occurred.
“an examination and comparison of the two publications provide such convincing proof of infringement as to leave no room for a different conclusion.”
Procedural preferences
On appellate assignments, Wyman required trial objections and motions to have preserved the claimed error.
“failure to move for a directed verdict at the close of the ease precludes the consideration of the question of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict and judgment on appeal.”
He applied clear statutory language as written even when a competing policy argument had practical force.
“a Court is to interpret the law as it is written, and is not permitted to substitute his idea of what the law should be for that which it clearly states.”
Cautions
He reserved injunctions for preventing a demonstrated risk of future harm rather than responding solely to past violations.
“Injunction has always been regarded as a drastic and extraordinary remedy to be granted or denied in the sound discretion of the Court. It is an equitable writ and should be resorted to only for the purpose of preventing future wrong.”
A nominally compliant proposal did not satisfy him when the surrounding circumstances offered no realistic prospect of rehabilitation.
“The term ‘good faith’ means more than lack of misrepresentation or actual fraud.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
“Finding no prejudicial error in the record, the judgment appealed from must be affirmed.”
“It follows that the judgment appealed from should be, and is, affirmed.”
“In our opinion, the judgment appealed from should be, and is, affirmed.”
“Finding no prejudicial error in the record, the judgment of the District Court should be and is affirmed.”
“For the foregoing reasons the judgment -of the District Court is affirmed.”
“The judgment of the trial court is therefore affirmed.”
“The judgment appealed from is therefore affirmed.”
“The judgment of the trial court is clearly right, and is therefore affirmed.”
“The order appealed from is therefore affirmed.”
“The judgment is therefore reversed, and the ease remanded.”
“finding no prejudicial error in the record, the decree appealed from is affirmed.”
“The judgment of the District Court is reversed, and the case remanded for a new trial.”
Caseload & timing
From public federal docket records for this judge.
The publication-selected decisions do not establish the distribution of Wyman’s full caseload.
A historical record
Judge Wyman 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.