Alan Norris
| Alan Norris | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 7/1/1986 - 7/1/2001 |
| Senior: | 7/1/2001 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Leroy Contie |
| Succeeded by: | Deborah Cook |
| Past post: | Ohio Court of Appeals, Tenth District |
| Past term: | 1980-1986 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1935 |
| Home State: | Columbus, OH |
| Bachelors: | Otterbein College '57 |
| Law School: | New York U. Law '60 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Virginia Law '86 |
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Alan Eugene Norris (b. 1935) is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He joined the court in 1986 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Norris is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Born in Columbus, Ohio, Norris graduated from Otterbein College with his Bachelor's degree in 1957 before later graduating from New York University School of Law with his LL.B in 1960. Norris obtained his Master's of Laws degree in 1986 from the University of Virginia School of Law. [1]
Professional career
Norris was a law clerk for former Ohio Supreme Court Justice Kingsley A. Taft from 1960 to 1961. Norris was a private practice attorney in Ohio from 1961 to 1980. Norris was an elected member of the Ohio House of Representatives from 1967 to 1980, and served as an instructor at Otterbein College from 1976 to 1980. Norris was a State Appeals Judge in the Ohio Court of Appeals for the Tenth District from 1980 to 1986.[1]
Judicial career
Norris was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on April 22, 1986 to a seat vacated by Leroy Contie. Norris was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 6, 1986 on a Senate vote and received commission on July 1, 1986. Norris assumed senior status on July 1, 2001. [1]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Leroy Contie |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1986–2001 |
Succeeded by: Deborah Cook |
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| 1981 |
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| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
