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Demographics
Type: District Judge
Status: Active
Born: Staten Island, NY (1944)
Race: White
Nominated By: President William J. Clinton ( Democratic)
Employment Background
Law clerk, Hon. Edward McEntee, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1969-1970
Private practice, New York City, 1970-1994
Special master, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, 1982-1983
Educational Background
- University of Rochester, A.B. (1966)
- Harvard Law School, J.D. (1969)
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Analyzed Opinions
| 62 | ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO PRECLUDE PLAINTIFF'S EXPERT OR, ALTERNATIVELY, PERMIT DEFENDANT'S UNTIMELY... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · January 4, 2024 · Sound |
| 62 | ORDER denying [237] Letter Motion for Discovery. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on 12/29/2023) (Kaplan, Lewi... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · December 29, 2023 · Sound |
| 67 | MEMORANDUM OPINION ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR A MISTRIAL OR OTHER RELIEF: Mr. Trump's oral motion and his lette... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · February 7, 2024 · Sound |
| 70 | MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO STAY re: [185] MOTION to Stay Pending Appeal, filed by Donald... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · August 18, 2023 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 70 | MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (CORRECTED): For the foregoing reasons, Mr.... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · July 5, 2023 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 72 | MEMORANDUM OPINION re: [309] MOTION for Judgment as a Matter of Law . filed by Donald J. Trump, [311] MOTION f... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · April 25, 2024 · Sound |
| 77 | MEMORANDUM OPINION GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION TO DISMISS DEFENDANT'S COUNTERCLAIM AND CERTAIN PURPORTED AFFIR... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · August 7, 2023 · Sound |
| 77 | OPINION re: [30] MOTION to Dismiss or in the Alternative for a More Definitive Statement filed by Prince Andre... Giuffre v. Prince Andrew · New York Southern District Court · January 12, 2022 · Sound |
| 86 | MEMORANDUM OPINION re: [193] MOTION FOR ENTRY OF AN ORDER LIMITING THE ISSUES TO BE LITIGATED ON THE GROUNDS O... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · September 6, 2023 · Sound |
| 86 | MEMORANDUM OPINION re: [221] LETTER MOTION for Discovery to Substitute a New Rebuttal Expert addressed to Judg... Carroll v. Trump · New York Southern District Court · November 16, 2023 · Sound |
Most Common Errors
Across 10 analyzed opinions, with a median score of 71, PlainSite found 46 errors of 10 kinds. Most frequent first.
| Citation Error 14 times in 7 opinions Clerical error in a citation 14 minor |
| Argument Ignored 12 times in 8 opinions Did not answer a party’s argument 1 serious 3 moderate 8 minor |
| Record Misread 7 times in 4 opinions Got the facts in the record wrong 2 serious 1 moderate 4 minor |
| Rule Not Applied 4 times in 3 opinions Stated the right rule, then did not follow it 1 serious 3 moderate |
| Fabricated Quotation 2 times in 2 opinions Put words in quotation marks that the cited source does not contain 2 moderate |
| No Authority Cited 2 times in 2 opinions Decided a contested legal question without citing any authority, or brushed aside the authority the parties cited 2 moderate |
| Self-Contradiction 2 times in 2 opinions Contradicted itself 2 minor |
| Misquotation 1 time in 1 opinion Changed what a source says by cutting or adding words 1 serious |
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