{"id":4114,"date":"2024-10-24T10:47:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T14:47:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/?p=4114"},"modified":"2024-10-30T11:49:29","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:49:29","slug":"william-g-bauer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/judges\/william-g-bauer\/","title":{"rendered":"William G. Bauer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">1999 \u2013 2003<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Federal Judicial Service:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of New York.\u00a0 Entered duty in 1999 and served until 2003.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Education:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Albany Law School of Union University, J.D., 1981<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">State University of New York at Brockport, B.S., <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">magna cum laude<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 1978<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Professional Career:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Private Practice: 1981-1983, 1984-1999, 2003-present<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Law Clerk, Hon. Michael A. Telesca, Western District of New York, 1983-1984<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Noteworthy Cases:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United States v. Walter Harrell<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 996111:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Defendants were arrested after a vehicle in which they were traveling was stopped and searched by police following the receipt of an anonymous tip from a 911 caller who described the vehicle and reported that the occupants of the vehicle had guns and had fired a shot at him the previous week.\u00a0 After the initial stop of the vehicle, one of the defendants fled and was apprehended.\u00a0 The other defendant was briefly detained in the back of a police vehicle while an officer searched the \u201cgrab\u201d areas of the vehicle, locating two firearms in the glove box.\u00a0 Both defendants were arrested and a search of the entire vehicle yielded ammunition and narcotics.\u00a0 Defendants sought to suppress statements and the tangible evidence found in the car on the grounds that the initial traffic stop was unlawful because the anonymous tip did not provide officers reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop of the vehicle.\u00a0 Judge Bauer recommended that the motion to suppress be denied, concluding that under the totality of the circumstances the stop was lawful.\u00a0 The District Court declined to adopt the recommendation, concluding that the anonymous tip could not form the basis for a lawful <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Terry <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">stop.\u00a0 On appeal, the Second Circuit acknowledged that the police conduct occurred at \u201cthe dimlylit intersection of common sense and the Fourth Amendment\u201d and concluded that the vehicle stop was justified by the officers\u2019 observation of a traffic violation, specifically, the excessive tint on the windows.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">United States v. Harrell<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">,<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">268 F.3d 141 (2d Cir. 2001)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/us-v-harrell-2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/us-v-harrell-2<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">University of Rochester v. G.D. Searle &amp; Co., Inc.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, No. 00-CV-6161:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Plaintiff commenced this action against defendants asserting that they were infringing its patent relating to what was commonly referred to as \u201csuper aspirin.\u201d\u00a0 The law firm of Morrison &amp; Foerster represented the plaintiff and filed the complaint.\u00a0 One of the defendants, Pharmacia Corp., moved to disqualify Morrison &amp; Foerster on the grounds that the law firm was simultaneously representing Pharmacia in a California-based lawsuit involving allegations that Pharmacia was non-compliant with California Proposition 65, which required warning labels for products containing cancer-causing chemicals.\u00a0 Shortly after the motion to disqualify was filed, Morrison &amp; Forester withdrew as counsel for Pharmacia in the California litigation, over Pharmacia\u2019s objection.\u00a0 Despite the withdrawal, Pharmacia continued to maintain that disqualification was required because Morrison &amp; Foerster\u2019s continued representation of the plaintiff was a <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">per se <\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">violation of applicable ethical rules.\u00a0 Judge Bauer determined that the plaintiff had demonstrated that Morrison &amp; Foerster had not obtained any of Pharmacia\u2019s confidential information as a result of its involvement in the California-litigation and that there was an \u201cabsence of an apparent or actual conflict in loyalties or diminution in the vigor of representation.\u201d Acknowledging the importance of maintaining \u201cthe highest standards of the profession and the integrity of the adversary process,\u201d Judge Bauer determined that under the totality of the circumstances, which included plaintiff\u2019s interest in counsel of its own choosing and the prejudice it would face if forced to substitute counsel, disqualification of Morrison &amp; Foerster was not warranted.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Univ. of Rochester v. G.D. Searle &amp; Co.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 2000 WL 1922271 (W.D.N.Y. 2000); <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">see also Univ. of Rochester v. G.D. Searle &amp; Co.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 249 F. Supp. 2d 216 (W.D.N.Y. 2003), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">aff\u2019d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 358 F.3d 916 (Fed. Cir.), <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cert. denied<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, 543 U.S. 1015 (2004)<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/university-of-rochester-v-gd-searle-co-inc-4\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">https:\/\/casetext.com\/case\/university-of-rochester-v-gd-searle-co-inc-4<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1999 \u2013 2003\u00a0 Federal Judicial Service:\u00a0 Magistrate Judge, U.S. District  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,37,48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-judges","category-magistrate-judges","category-past-judges"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4115,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4114\/revisions\/4115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.ca2.uscourts.gov\/wdny-125\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}