Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
CA60505
Nominated
Jan. 26, 1982
Committee hearing
Feb. 26, 1982
Committee action
Reported (favorably)March 2, 1982
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
March 4, 1982
Commissioned
March 9, 1982
ABA rating
Well Qualified
Senior status
June 30, 1986
Service ended
May 11, 2001Death

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 Northern District of Ohio Judge Dec. 6, 1971 March 23, 1982 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Judge March 9, 1982 May 11, 2001 Death Ronald Reagan

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.