William Miller
| William Miller | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Title: | Former Federal Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Richard M. Nixon |
| Active: | 7/8/1970 - 4/12/1976 |
| Preceded by: | Clifford O'Sullivan |
| Past post: | Middle District of Tennessee |
| Past chief: | 1961 - 1970 |
| Past term: | 3/16/1955 - 7/13/1970 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | February 3, 1908 |
| Home State: | Johnson City, TN |
| Deceased: | April 12, 1976 |
| Bachelors: | U. of Tennessee, A.B., 1930 |
| Law School: | Yale Law School, LL.B., 1933 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army Air Corps 1942 - 1945 |
Contents |
William Ernest Miller (1908-1976) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee and the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Early life and education
Professional career
- Private practice, Johnson City, Tennessee, 1933-1955
- State court chancellor, First Chancery Division of Tennessee, 1939-1940
- U.S. Army Air Corps Major, 1942-1945 [1]
Judicial career
Middle District of Tennessee
Miller was nominated by President Dwight Eisenhower on January 10, 1955, to a new seat created by 68 Stat. 8; he was confirmed by the Senate on March 14, 1955, and received his commission on March 16, 1955. From 1961-1970, he served as the chief judge. He served the Middle District of Tennessee until he was elevated to the Sixth Circuit on July 13, 1970. [1] Miller was succeeded in this position by Leland Clure Morton.
Sixth Circuit
Miller was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Richard Nixon on March 3, 1970, to a seat vacated by Clifford O'Sullivan; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 26, 1970, and received commission on July 8, 1970. He served the Sixth Circuit until his death on April 12, 1976.[1]
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 William Miller's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Middle District of Tennessee 1955–1970 Seat #2T |
Succeeded by: Leland Clure Morton |
| Preceded by: Clifford O'Sullivan |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1970–1976 |
Succeeded by: Gilbert Merritt |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Todd CampbellChief Judge: William Haynes • Aleta Trauger • Kevin Hunter Sharp | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Juliet Griffin • Clifton Knowles • Joe Brown • John Bryant • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Robert Echols • Morgan Welles Brown • West Hughes Humphreys • Connally Findlay Trigg • William Miller • David McKendree Key • Charles Dickens Clark • Edward Terry Sanford • John Gore • Xenophon Hicks • Leslie Darr • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Thomas Higgins • Frank Gray • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Thomas Wiseman • John Nixon • Robert Echols • William Miller • Elmer Davies • Leland Clure Morton • Frank Gray • | ||
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
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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 | ||
- Middle District of Tennessee, Seat 2T
- Former federal judge, Middle District of Tennessee
- Former federal judge, Sixth Circuit
- Former federal judge
- Appointed by Dwight Eisenhower
- Confirmed 1955
- Former chief judge, Middle District of Tennessee
- Appointed by Richard Nixon
- Confirmed 1970
- U. of Tennessee Alumni
- Yale Law Alumni
- Army veteran
