Walter Jay Skinner
1927–2005 · Washington, DC
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts | Judge | Richard M. Nixon (Republican) | Dec 19, 1973 | Death, May 8, 2005 |
Education
- Harvard University, A.B., 1948
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1952
Professional Career
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1952-1957, 1965-1973; Private practice, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1957-1963; Town counsel, Scituate, Massachusetts, 1957-1963; Assistant district attorney, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, 1957-1963; Assistant attorney general and chief of Criminal Division, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1963-1965
Opinions on This Site
Showing 100 of 105 opinions from 1976 to 1998
- Franklin Ralph v. Lucent Technologies, Inc. 1998
- Ahern v. O'Donnell 1997
- United States v. Jackie K. Steele 1997
- United States v. Vega 1996
- United States v. Christopher Duguay 1996
- Barichello v. McDonald 1996
- Vincent Brumley v. George E. Detella, Warden of Stateville Correctional Center 1996
- Sullivan v. Vernay Products, Inc 1996
- International College of Surgeons v. City of Chicago 1996
- United States v. Steven C. Griffin, Marvin M. Rux, and Andrae Scurlock 1996
- United States v. Kayne 1996
- Starzenski v. City of Elkhart 1996
- United States v. Steven C. Griffin, Marvin M. Rux, and Andrae Scurlock, Appeal of Stanley L. Hill 1996
- Steven Steele v. Han Chul Choi 1996
- Gina PIRAINO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION RESOURCES, INC., Defendant-Appellee 1996
- United States v. Stanley J. Marshall 1996
- Jeffrey Reed v. City of Chicago, a Municipal Corporation, John Griffin, Detective, W. Murphy, Detective 1996
- J. Fred Creek v. Village of Westhaven 1996
- One National Bank v. Joseph M. Antonellis 1996
- United States v. Andre Tony Walls 1996
- United States v. Kelley 1996
- United States v. Joseph Morris 1996
- United States v. Willie Gregory 1996
- Irving H. Rozenfeld v. Medical Protective Company, Cross-Appellee 1996
- Stephen C. Scaccianoce and Kellie L. Scaccianoce v. Hixon Manufacturing & Supply Company and Commonwealth Edison Company 1995
- United States v. All Assets and Equipment of West Side Building Corp., Appeal of Clara Penny and West Side Building Corp., Claimants-Appellants 1995
- Jerome Jones, and All Others Similarly Situated v. City of Gary, Indiana 1995
- United States v. Raymond Keith Sherman 1995
- Wesley Flynn v. David G. Sandahl 1995
- Gregorich v. Lund 1995
- In the Matter of Frank E. KNIGHT, Debtor-Appellant 1995
- United States v. Billy R. Ashley, Shaunessy R. Sylvester, Craig Crofton A/K/A Craig C. Ashley, and Leroy Lambert 1995
- United States v. Mark Waldemer 1995
- John Doe v. United States 1995
- In the Matter of Ralph SCHERI, Debtor-Appellant 1995
- United States v. James D. Clemmons, II 1995
- Siobhan R. Koelsch v. Beltone Electronics Corporation 1995
- United States v. Robert R. Rogers 1995
- Trippe Manufacturing Company v. American Power Conversion Corporation 1995
- Shintom America, Inc. v. Car Telephones, Inc. 1995
- McGrath v. Gillis 1995
- Kenneth Fuja, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Grace R. Fuja, Deceased v. Benefit Trust Life Insurance Company 1994
- Herbert F. McGill v. Gordon H. Faulkner, Cloid L. Shuler, Jack R. Duckworth 1994
- Antonio C. Mastrobuono and Diana G. Mastrobuono v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc., a Corporation, Nick Diminico, Richard F. Benzer and Mark Stevenson 1994
- Penny Jo Bechtold v. Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana, Incorporated 1994
- Delta Mining Corporation v. Big Rivers Electric Corporation 1994
- Dennis Marlow and Provest, Incorporated, Formerly Known as Dennis Marlow, Incorporated v. Winston & Strawn, a Partnership, and Leslie A. Blau 1994
- In the Matter of Barry Stuart Udell, Debtor-Appellee. Appeal of the Standard Carpetland Usa, Inc. 1994
- Johnson v. A.W. Chesterton Co. 1994
- Vanessa Menke v. Eric Monchecourt 1994
- Northwestern National Insurance Company v. Robert T. Baltes, D 1994
- Eljer Manufacturing, Inc. v. Kowin Development Corp. 1994
- James P. DEVERAUX, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. the CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee 1994
- Sofo v. Pan-American Life Insurance 1994
- United States v. Michael J. Corbitt 1993
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. Shearson-American Express, Inc. 1993
- United States v. Ortiz-Arrigoitia 1993
- Agustina Perez-Perez v. Popular Leasing Rental, Inc. 1993
- Rafaela Trinidad-Delgado v. Sk & F Lab Company 1993
- Angel Toucet v. Maritime Overseas Corp. 1993
- David Vega-Mena v. United States 1993
- Dana Murphy, in His Individual Capacity and D/B/A as Benevest, Inc. v. Angel F. Ginorio 1993
- United States v. Valencia Lucena 1993
- United States v. Approximately Two Thousand, Five Hundred Thirty-Eight Point Eighty-Five Shares (2,538.85) of Stock Certificates of the Ponce Leones Baseball Club, Inc. 1993
- United States v. Victor Manuel Alvarez, United States v. Diana Matos 1993
- Isabelita Mas v. United States of America 1993
- Manuel Lafont-Rivera v. Jose Soler-Zapata, Ricardo Torres Munoz, Armando Troche 1993
- Gerardo Mariani & Georgina Loureiro v. Doctors Associates, Inc. 1993
- Pedro L. Rodriguez-Pinto v. Cirilo Tirado-Delgado 1993
- Damaris Rivera-Ruiz v. Leonardo Gonzalez-Rivera, Etc. 1993
- Miguel Angel Chaparro-Febus v. International Longshoremen Association, Local 1575 1993
- United States v. Gustavo Gomez-Villamizar 1992
- Taino Lines, Inc. v. M/V Constance Pan Atlantic 1992
- United States v. Evaristo Carrasquillo-Ramos 1992
- United States v. Alfredo Nueva 1992
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation v. Pritam Singh 1992
- Leonel Buenrostro v. Pablo Collazo, A/K/A Pablo Collazo Marrero 1992
- Nieves ex rel. Nieves v. Intercontinental Life Insurance 1992
- Nestor Colon Medina & Sucesores, Inc. v. Patria G. Custodio 1992
- Pablo Ramos-Melendez v. Arturo Valdejully, Etc. 1992
- Manuel Acevedo-Cordero v. Rafael Cordero-Santiago 1992
- Julio Porrata v. Leonardo Gonzalez-Rivera, Etc. 1992
- Pedro Antonio Aponte-Santiago v. Aurelio Lopez-Rivera, Etc. 1992
- Sylvia Domenech-Fernandez v. Diversified Information Systems Corp. 1992
- Air Line Pilots Association International v. Aviation Associates Inc., D/B/A Sunaire Express 1992
- Lydia Felix De Santana, Etc. v. Jose Eligio Velez and Elba Zayas 1992
- Casilda Nunez-Soto v. Carlos Alvarado, Etc. 1992
- Maria Luisa Castro-Aponte v. Maria Ligia-Rubero, Etc. 1992
- Richmond Steel Inc. v. Puerto Rican American Insurance Company 1992
- James Bellino v. Schlumberger Technologies, Inc. 1991
- United States v. Jorge Hernando Hoyos-Medina 1989
- ST. ELIZABETH’S HOSPITAL OF BOSTON, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant, Appellee 1984
- Security Title & Guaranty Co. v. Mid-Cape Realty, Inc. 1983
- United States v. William Ranney, United States of America v. Dennis Cioffi 1983
- Virginia THURBER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. JACK REILLY'S, INC., D/B/A Jack's, Defendant, Appellant 1983
- United States v. Peter F. Crosby 1983
- Polyplastics, Inc. v. Transconex, Inc. 1983
- Newfield House, Inc. v. Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare 1981
- Liberty Leather Corporation v. Richard Callum and Willard Helburn, Inc. 1981
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local 1445, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, Afl-Cio, Gallahue's Supermarkets, Intervenor 1981