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Sixth Circuit

Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Former Born Jan. 17, 1936, Nashville, TN Died Jan. 17, 2022 19 panel seats recorded

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Jimmy CarterDemocratic president
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, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

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
Kamal Youkhanna v. City of Sterling Heights 18-1874 Decided Aug. 14, 2019
Jerremy Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky 18-3802 Decided Aug. 8, 2019 Authored
Nicholas Coffey v. Adam Carroll 18-1314 Decided Aug. 5, 2019
GGNSC Louisville Hillcreek v. Estate of Robert C. Bramer 18-6059 Decided Aug. 2, 2019 Authored
Anthony Novak v. City of Parma 18-3373 Decided July 29, 2019
Planned Parenthood Southwest Ohio Region v. Mike DeWine 17-3866/3867 Decided July 25, 2019
United States v. Robert Ledbetter 17-3309 Decided July 3, 2019
Randy Berkshire v. Debra Dahl 17-1993; 17-2039 Decided June 28, 2019
Renee Fazica v. Zachary Jordan 18-1457 Decided June 10, 2019
John Schickel v. Craig Dilger 17-6456/6505 Decided May 30, 2019
United States v. Mason Shepherd 18-3993 Decided May 1, 2019
Crosby v. Twitter, Inc. No. 18-1426 Decided April 16, 2019
William Gardner v. Jason Evans 17-1933 Decided April 4, 2019
Lowe v. Bowers (In Re Nicole Gas Prod., Ltd.) 18-3301 Decided Feb. 22, 2019 Authored
Frieda Aaron v. Maureen O'Connor 18-3452 Decided Jan. 30, 2019
E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC) 17-6310 Decided Dec. 28, 2018 Authored
United States v. Duane Berry 17-2168 Decided Dec. 19, 2018
Franklin Am. Mortg. Co. v. Univ. Nat'l Bank of Lawrence 18-5035 Decided Dec. 6, 2018
Ahmad Issa v. Margaret Bradshaw 15-4147 Decided Sept. 21, 2018

Judicial writings

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

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion Jeffrey Mohlman v. Fin. Indus. Regulatory Auth. Sixth Circuit Oct. 14, 2020
Opinion United States v. Joseph Ward, III Sixth Circuit July 27, 2020
Opinion United States v. Joseph Ward, III Sixth Circuit July 27, 2020
Opinion Stephen Cook v. Ohio Nat'l Life Ins. Sixth Circuit June 9, 2020
Opinion United States v. Randall Hollon Sixth Circuit Jan. 30, 2020
Opinion Kevin McGee v. Thomas Armstrong Sixth Circuit Oct. 29, 2019
Opinion Jerremy Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky Sixth Circuit Aug. 8, 2019
Opinion GGNSC Louisville Hillcreek v. Estate of Robert C. Bramer Sixth Circuit Aug. 2, 2019
Opinion Lowe v. Bowers (In Re Nicole Gas Prod., Ltd.) Sixth Circuit Feb. 22, 2019
Opinion E. Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In Re Licking River Mining, LLC) Sixth Circuit Dec. 28, 2018