Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Jimmy CarterDemocratic

Seat

CA60207

Nominated

Aug. 25, 1977

Committee hearing

Oct. 26, 1977

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Oct. 26, 1977

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Oct. 29, 1977

Commissioned

Oct. 31, 1977

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 1989until Jan. 1, 1996

Senior status

Jan. 17, 2001

Service ended

Jan. 17, 2022Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Aug. 20, 2021
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Danny Hill v. Timothy Shoop
• Dec. 18, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Michael Henry
• Nov. 17, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Richard Mukes
• Oct. 14, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Jeffrey Mohlman v. Fin. Indus. Regulatory Auth.
• Sept. 21, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Austin Griffith v. Franklin County, Ky.
• Sept. 4, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Joe Clark Mitchell v. Kevin Genovese
• Aug. 31, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in James Dimora v. United States
• Aug. 5, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Ehsan Ouza v. City of Dearborn Heights, Mich.
• July 27, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Joseph Ward, III
• July 27, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Joseph Ward, III
• July 15, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Kevin Malone v. Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
• June 18, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Lamar Wright v. City of Euclid

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

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.