Thomas Patrick Thornton
1898–1985 · Boston, MA
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan | Judge | Harry S Truman (Democratic) | Feb 2, 1949 | Death, Jul 1, 1985 |
Education
- University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law), LL.B., 1926
Professional Career
Private practice, Detroit, Michigan, 1926-1937; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan, 1937-1947; chief assistant U.S. attorney, 1944-1947; U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, 1947-1949
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 110 opinions from 1958 to 1978
- C. S. Lenoir v. Porters Creek Watershed District 1978
- Daniel John Maglio v. Arnold R. Jago, Superintendent 1978
- Rubbermaid, Incorporated v. Federal Trade Commission 1978
- Romie Vetters, Jr. v. James Berry and Al Phifer 1978
- United States v. Benny Huie Green 1978
- General Insurance Company of America v. Edward F. Lowry and Kusworm & Myers Co., L. P. A. 1978
- Key Line Freight, Inc. v. United States 1978
- Freuhauf Corporation v. Internal Revenue Service 1975
- In Re the Dissolution of the Marriage of Colbath 1973
- United States v. H. M. Branson Distributing Co. 1968
- A. J. Gunderson v. Friden, Inc. 1967
- Herb Stein, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1966
- United States v. Taylor Harding Cooper 1966
- Hamlin Testing Laboratories, Inc. v. United States Atomic Energy Commission, and the United States of America 1966
- Popcorn-In-Oil Council, Inc. v. Wyndall's Super Market, Inc., and Hesmer Foods, Inc., Intervener 1966
- United States v. Phillip Elmore Gaines, Jr. 1965
- National Labor Relations Board v. Ferraro's Bakery, Inc. 1965
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Henry McK Haserot and Bonnie C. Haserot 1965
- United States v. One 1963 Cadillac Convertible Coupe, Serial No. 63 F079329, 1963 Ohio License No. 1377-H, and Jimmie Johnson 1965
- Charles Kremer Bain v. The M. A. Hanna Company, and Blaw-Knox Company, Intervenor-Appellee 1964
- National Labor Relations Board v. Fred H. Johnson, Trustee Under the Will of Clay M. Thomas, Deceased,d/b/a, Atlas Linen and Industrial Supply 1963
- Morton v. Local 20, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, & Helpers Union 1963
- Max Axelrod v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1963
- United States v. James Francis Hill 1963
- United States v. Bruce Barnes 1963
- J. Polk Smartt and Isabel Smartt v. Coca-Cola Bottling Corporation (Sued as Cincinnati Coca-Cola Bottling Co.) 1963
- Fetzer Television, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board 1963
- United States v. Wallace Eugene McGee 1963
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Goodwyn Crockery Company 1963
- William Metcalf v. The New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company 1963
- United States v. Gray Williams 1963
- William J. Powers, Jr. v. Paul Slaton 1963
- United States v. John H. Kelley 1963
- Ora P. Hall v. Anthony J. Celebrezze, Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1963
- Local 748 of the International Union of Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers, Afl-Cio v. Jefferson City Cabinet Company 1963
- Bryan W. Nickerson, Jr. v. The Bearfoot Sole Company, Inc., the Bearfoot Airway Corporation,defendants-Appellants 1963
- Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. The Leon A. Beeghly Fund, the Union National Bank of Youngstown, Ohio, Trustee 1962
- First Kentucky Company v. William M. Gray, District Director of Internal Revenue for Kentucky 1962
- Nadine Payne, Administratrix of the Estate of Ralph T. Payne, Deceased v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1962
- National Labor Relations Board v. Tennessee Consolidated Coal Company and Grundy Mining Company 1962
- Janet Schaeper, a Minor, by and Through Her Father, Next Friend and Natural Guardian, Robert Schaeper v. Harold M. Edwards 1962
- J. Kash Holbrook v. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare 1962
- United States v. Stoy Decker, Floyd Arthur Guinn and Robert Matthew Cox 1962
- United States v. Harold Wayne Davis 1962
- United States v. William T. Woodson and John Gant 1962
- Harrison L. Putman and Rilla B. Ripley, Administratrix of the Estate of Goldie A. Putman, Deceased v. United States 1962
- Estate of Martin Kuntz, Sr., Deceased, Isabelle M. Kuntz, and Isabelle M. Kuntz, Individually, Surviving Wife v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1962
- National Labor Relations Board v. Flemingsburg Manufacturing Co. 1962
- Daniel O'madigan, Jr., and Marjorie O'madigan, Husband and Wife v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1962
- Kelly Moss v. M. W. Thomas, W. L. (Bill) Moore, William S. Larkins, Dorris L. Robertson, and Bymal Haywood Dixon 1962
- Crane Co. v. Crane Heating & Air Conditioning Co., a Corporation, Frank J. Crane, Jr., Thomas Crane 1962
- Hoge Warren Zimmermann Co. v. Nourse & Co. 1961
- Edwin Lotz v. Beryle C. Sacks, Warden, Ohio Penitentiary 1961
- A. D. Herring v. Kennedy-Herring Hardware Co., Inc. 1961
- United States v. Allen F. Price, D/B/A Allen F. Price MacHinery Company 1961
- National Labor Relations Board v. Mt. Clemens Metal Products Company 1961
- Bank of Leipsic Company v. United States 1961
- Floyd Cato v. Ralph W. Alvis, Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary 1961
- Kelly Moss v. William J. Jones, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary 1961
- National Labor Relations Board v. Mt. Clemens Metal Products Company 1961
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local 761, International Union of Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers, Afl-Cio 1961
- John Daniel Byars v. United States 1961
- United States v. Vincent James Finazzo 1961
- Prentiss Douglass, Trustee in Bankruptcy of the Commercial Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc. v. Carrie D. Pugh 1961
- United States v. Raymond H. Comer 1961
- Elizabeth Ann Thompson, Administratrix of the Estate of William R. Thompson v. Liquid Transport Corporation and Jimmie L. Moore 1961
- United States v. Automatic Heating & Equipment Co., Park National Bank 1961
- Local Union 984, International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Humko Co. 1961
- Byerlite Corporation v. Parker C. Williams, District Director of Internal Revenue, Eighteenth District of Ohio 1960
- United States v. James Bush and Reva Finchum Bush 1960
- United States v. General Shoe Corporation 1960
- D. W. Horsley, Jr. v. R. W. Alvis, Warden, Ohio State Penitentiary 1960
- Boyer v. Travelers Indemnity Co. 1960
- Philip F. Colucci v. New York Central Railroad Company 1960
- William Corbin v. United States 1960
- Plasti-Line, Incorporated, and Harry W. Brooks, Ralph P. Brooks and Bruce Edwards, D/B/A Sign Fabricators v. National Labor Relations Board 1960
- J. K. Vise and Annie D. Vise v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1960
- Earl M. Coplon and Mollie M. Coplon v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1960
- Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, and Its Local No. 8-631 v. Delta Refining Company 1960
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company v. Leonard Disspain 1960
- Edward Lamb v. Pat Sutton and Wsm, Inc., Edward Lamb v. Pat Sutton and Wlac, Inc. 1960
- W. O. Talley v. Mary Dee Cox Mitchell 1960
- Harbin Mill and Lumber Company, Inc. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local No. 2901, Afl-Cio 1960
- Prestole Corporation v. Tinnerman Products, Inc. 1959
- Raymond Tank and Elizabeth Tank v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1959
- Stefanos Georgios Mates v. United States 1959
- Anthony Delsanter, Estate of Mary C. Tobin, Etc., John Farah, Ralph Coletto v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1959
- Martha Valente v. United States 1959
- Scioto Terrace Manor, Inc. v. United States of America, Forest Heights Company v. United States 1959
- John R. Donaldson v. United States 1959
- P. S. Whiteleather v. United States 1959
- Michigan Wisconsin Pipe Line Co. v. Federal Power Commission 1959
- Vernon F. Harp and Vera Harp v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1959
- George Frederick Carnes v. United States or America 1959
- John Henry McFarland v. United States 1959
- Arnold William Leifer v. United States 1959
- Robert William Thomas v. United States 1959
- Mid-Southern Foundation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1958
- Pemco Products, Inc. v. General Mills, Inc. 1958
- Robert B. Nau v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue 1958