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Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977

Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr., Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Education

  • Yale UniversityB.A., 1957
  • Vanderbilt University Law SchoolLL.B., 1960
  • Harvard Law SchoolLL.M., 1962

Career

Faculty, Vanderbilt University Law School, 1960-1961, 1969-1970, 1973-1975; assistant dean and instructor, 1960-1961; associate professor of law, 1969-1970; lecturer, 1973-1975; Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1962-1963, 1970-1977; Associate metropolitan attorney, Nashville, Tennessee, 1963-1966; U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, 1966-1969; Executive secretary, Tennessee Code Commission, 1977; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1990-1996

Biography

Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr. (January 17, 1936 – January 17, 2022) was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1977 to 2022.

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