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Gilbert Merritt
Gilbert Stroud Merritt, Jr. was a federal judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He joined the court in 1977 after being nominated by President Jimmy Carter (D). Merritt assumed senior status on January 17, 2001. His service terminated on January 17, 2022, due to death.[1]
Education
Merritt graduated from Yale University with his bachelor's degree in 1957, from Vanderbilt University Law School with his LL.B. in 1960, and from Harvard Law School with his LL.M. in 1962.[1]
Professional career
- 2001-2022: Senior judge
- 1977-2001: Judge
- 1977: Executive secretary, Tennessee Code Commission
- 1973-1975: Lecturer, Vanderbilt University Law School
- 1970-1977: Private practice, Nashville, Tenn.
- 1969-1970: Associate professor of law, Vanderbilt University Law School
- 1966-1969: U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee
- 1963-1966: Associate metropolitan attorney, Nashville, Tenn.
- 1962-1963: Private practice, Nashville, Tenn.
- 1960-1961: Assistant dean and instructor, Vanderbilt University Law School[1]
Judicial career
Merritt was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit by President Jimmy Carter (D) on August 25, 1977, to a seat vacated by Judge William Miller. Merritt was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 29, 1977, and he received his commission on October 31, 1977. Merritt served as the chief judge of the court from 1989 to 1996 before assuming senior status on January 17, 2001. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Julia Gibbons. His service officially ended when he died on January 17, 2022.[1]
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Miller |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1977–2001 |
Succeeded by: Julia Gibbons
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
