Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Richard M. NixonRepublican president
Seat
CA61001
Nominated
Aug. 13, 1969
Committee hearing
Dec. 2, 1969
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Dec. 9, 1969
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Dec. 10, 1969
Commissioned
Dec. 11, 1969
ABA rating
Qualified
Service ended
Dec. 30, 1971Death

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.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky Judge Aug. 21, 1954 Dec. 12, 1969 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge Dec. 11, 1969 Dec. 30, 1971 Death Richard M. Nixon

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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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.