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D.C. Circuit

George Edward MacKinnon

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

Former Born April 22, 1906, St. Paul, MN Died May 1, 1995 2 panel seats recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican
Seat
CADC0902
Nominated
April 23, 1969
Committee hearing
May 2, 1969
Committee action
Reported (favorably)May 2, 1969
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
May 5, 1969
Commissioned
May 6, 1969
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
May 20, 1983
Service ended
May 1, 1995Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, Alabama Power Company, Kennecott Minerals Co., Tennessee Valley Authority, States of New York, State of Vermont, American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator, States of New York, Alabama Power Co., State of Vermont, American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors. Sierra Club and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Environmental Protection Agency, Alabama Power Company, American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and Anne M. Gorsuch, Administrator, Alabama Power Company, American Petroleum Institute, Intervenors Decided Oct. 11, 1983
National Federation of Federal Employees v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor. American Federation of Government Employees, Afl-Cio v. Donald J. Devine, Director, Office of Personnel Management, Group Health Association of America, Intervenor Decided Dec. 21, 1981

Judicial writings

No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.

Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.