Ransey Guy Cole Jr.

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

William J. ClintonDemocratic president

Seat

CA60803

Nominated

June 29, 1995

Committee hearing

Sept. 28, 1995

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Oct. 26, 1995

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Dec. 22, 1995

Commissioned

Dec. 26, 1995

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 2014until Jan. 1, 2021

Senior status

Jan. 9, 2023

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.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Aug. 14
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Jocelyn Benson
• Aug. 14
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Jocelyn Benson
• July 17
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Naya Abbey v. Metro. Gov't of Nashville & Davidson Cnty.
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Joseph Harris
• July 7
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Joseph Harris
• June 26
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Leon Washington v. First Nat'l Bank of Penn.
• June 16
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Quincy Marquice Taylor
• June 15
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Karl Alan White, Jr.
• May 19
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Nathan Roberts v. Progressive Preferred Ins. Co.
• May 11
  panel identified Sat on the panel in John Griswold v. Trinity Health Michigan
• May 8
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Connie Overstreet v. Ontonagon County
• April 29
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Jose Baltazar Us v. Todd Blanche

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.