Leroy Contie
| Leroy Contie | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio | |
| Title: | Former Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 3/9/1982 - 6/30/1986 |
| Senior: | 6/30/1986 - 5/11/2001 |
| Preceded by: | Anthony Celebrezze |
| Succeeded by: | Alan Norris |
| Past post: | Northern District of Ohio |
| Past term: | 1971 - 1982 |
| Past position: | Seat #5 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1920 |
| Deceased: | 2001 |
| Bachelors: | University of Michigan (1941) |
| Law School: | University of Michigan Law School (1948) |
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Leroy John Contie, Jr. (1920-2001) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio and United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Early life and education
Professional career
- U.S. Army Sergeant, 1942-1946
- Private practice, Canton, Ohio, 1948-1952
- Law director, City of Canton, Ohio, 1951-1960
- Private practice, Canton, Ohio, 1960-1969
- Judge, Stark County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio, 1969-1971 [1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Contie was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on January 26, 1982, to a seat vacated by Anthony Celebrezze; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 4, 1982, and received commission on March 9, 1982. He assumed senior status on June 30, 1986. He served the Sixth Circuit until his death on May 11, 2001. [1]
Northern District of Ohio
Contie was nominated by President Richard Nixon on November 19, 1971, to a seat vacated by James Connell; he was confirmed by the Senate on December 1, 1971, and received commission on December 6, 1971. He served the Northern District of Ohio until he was elevated to the Sixth Circuit on March 23, 1982. [1] Contie was succeeded in this position by David Dowd.
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Leroy Contie's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Connell |
Northern District of Ohio 1971–1982 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: David Dowd |
| Preceded by: Anthony Celebrezze |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1982–2001 |
Succeeded by: Alan Norris |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Alice Batchelder • Helene White • Raymond Kethledge • Bernice Donald • Boyce Martin • Eric Clay • David McKeague • Deborah Cook • Julia Gibbons • John M. Rogers • Jeffrey Sutton • Danny Boggs • Richard Griffin • Karen Moore • Guy Cole • Jane Stranch | ||
| Senior judges |
Damon Keith • Gilbert Merritt • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • James Ryan • Alan Norris • Richard Suhrheinrich • Martha Daughtrey • Ronald Gilman • Harry Wellford • Eugene Siler • | ||
| Former judges | Julian William Mack • Robert Krupansky • Leroy Contie • Herbert Milburn • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Halmer Hull Emmons • John Baxter • William Miller • Howell Edmunds Jackson • William Howard Taft • Horace Harmon Lurton • Henry Franklin Severens • William Rufus Day • Loyal Edwin Knappen • John Kelvey Richards • Arthur Carter Denison • John Wesley Warrington • Maurice Donahue • John Weld Peck • Smith Hickenlooper • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Charles Harwood Moorman • Florence Ellinwood Allen • Elwood Hamilton • John Donelson Martin • Herschel Arant • Shackelford Miller • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • Henry Brooks • Clifford O'Sullivan • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • John Peck II • Bailey Brown • Anthony Celebrezze • Bertram Combs • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Nathaniel Jones • Susan Neilson • Harry Phillips • David Aldrich Nelson • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Gilbert Merritt • Boyce Martin • Danny Boggs • Albert Engel • Pierce Lively • Xenophon Hicks • Charles Casper Simons • Florence Ellinwood Allen • John Donelson Martin • Shackelford Miller • Paul Weick • Lester Cecil • George Edwards • Thomas McAllister • Harry Phillips • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 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 | ||
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| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 1970 |
Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood | ||
| 1971 |
Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams • Young | ||
| 1972 |
Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener | ||
| 1973 |
Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood | ||
| 1974 |
Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker | ||
- Northern District of Ohio, Seat 5
- Former federal judge, Northern District of Ohio
- Former Ohio court of common pleas judges
- Former federal judge, Sixth Circuit
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Richard Nixon
- Confirmed 1971
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1982
- U. of Michigan Alumni
- U. of Michigan Law Alumni
- Army veteran
