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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic president
Seat
CA60801
Nominated
June 13, 1966
Committee hearing
July 20, 1966
Committee action
Reported (favorably)July 21, 1966
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
July 22, 1966
Commissioned
July 22, 1966
Senior status
July 1, 1978
Service ended
Sept. 7, 1993Death

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 Southern District of Ohio Judge April 12, 1962 Aug. 4, 1966 Appointment to Another Judicial Position John F. Kennedy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge July 22, 1966 Sept. 7, 1993 Death Lyndon B. Johnson

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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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.