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Demographics
Type: District Judge
Status: Active
Born: Jackson, MS (1945)
Race: White
Nominated By: President William J. Clinton ( Democratic)
Employment Background
Law clerk, Hon. William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States, 1971-1972
Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1972-1978, 1980-1998, 1998-1999
Assistant to the solicitor general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1978-1980
Special counsel, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1998
Educational Background
- Mississippi State University, B.S. (1967)
- Harvard Law School, J.D. (1971)
- Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government, M.P.P. (1971)
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Analyzed Opinions
| 24 | ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTIONS TO DISMISS by Judge William Alsup [granting in ... Greenwald v. The Bohemian Club, Inc. et al · California Northern District Court · June 4, 2008 · Wrong Outcome |
| 37 | ORDER by Judge Alsup denying [33] Motion to Compel; denying [35] Motion to Dismiss (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (File... AT&T Mobility II, LLC v. Pestano · California Northern District Court · March 7, 2008 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 41 | ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART MOTION TO DISMISS by Judge Alsup granting in part and denying in pa... Ennix v. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center · California Northern District Court · August 28, 2007 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 43 | ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT by Judge Alsup denying [139] Motion for Summary Judgment; denying [1... Ennix v. Alta Bates Summit Medical Center · California Northern District Court · April 28, 2008 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 61 | ORDER DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Judge William Alsup [granting i... Sierra Club et al v. Johnson · California Northern District Court · July 23, 2008 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 70 | ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO DISMISS AND VACATING HEARING by Judge Alsup granting [20] Motion to Dismi... Hilsenrath et al v. The Swiss Confederation et al · California Northern District Court · October 23, 2007 · Flawed Reasoning |
| 73 | ORDER by Judge Alsup granting [29] Motion for Preliminary Injunction (whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 2/12/2008... Sinhdarella, Inc. v. Vu · California Northern District Court · February 12, 2008 · Sound |
Most Common Errors
Across 7 analyzed opinions, with a median score of 43, PlainSite found 62 errors of 13 kinds. Most frequent first.
| Citation Error 14 times in 7 opinions Clerical error in a citation 14 minor |
| Argument Ignored 12 times in 6 opinions Did not answer a party’s argument 1 serious 5 moderate 6 minor |
| Record Misread 7 times in 5 opinions Got the facts in the record wrong 7 minor |
| Issue Undecided 4 times in 2 opinions Left a claim, issue or piece of evidence undecided 2 serious 1 moderate 1 minor |
| Fabricated Quotation 4 times in 4 opinions Put words in quotation marks that the cited source does not contain 4 moderate |
| Rule Not Applied 4 times in 4 opinions Stated the right rule, then did not follow it 4 moderate |
| Authority Misrepresented 3 times in 2 opinions Cited a source for something it does not say 3 serious |
| Wrong Law 3 times in 2 opinions Applied the wrong law, or law that is no longer good 1 fatal 1 moderate 1 minor |
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