Ralph Guy
1994 - Present
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Ralph B. Guy, Jr. is a federal judge on senior status with the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He first joined the court in 1985 after a nomination from President Ronald Reagan. Prior to his elevation to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Guy was a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Detroit, Michigan, Guy received his A.B. degree from University of Michigan in 1951 and his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1953.[1]
Professional career
- 1985-present: United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- 1994-present: Senior judge
- 1985-1994: Judge
- 1998-2005: Judge, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
- 2001-2005: Presiding judge
- 1976-1985: Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- 1970-1976: U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
- 1968-1970: Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
- 1958-1968: Corporation counsel, City of Dearborn, Mich.
- 1955-1958: Assistant corporation counsel, Dearborn, Mich.
- 1954-1955: Private practice, Dearborn, Mich.[1]
Judicial career
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Ralph B. Guy, Jr. |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 85 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: July 23, 1985
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: September 11, 1985
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| Reported: September 12, 1985
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| Confirmed: October 16, 1985
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Guy was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on July 23, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Guy's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) the next day. Guy was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on October 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Guy assumed senior status on September 1, 1994.[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by Judge Eric Clay.
Eastern District of Michigan
Guy was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by President Gerald Ford on April 26, 1976, to a seat vacated by Judge Frederick Kaess. Guy was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 11, 1976, and he received his commission the next day. He served on the Eastern District until he was elevated to the Sixth Circuit on October 17, 1985.[1] Guy was succeeded in this position by Judge Lawrence Zatkoff.
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Guy served a seven-year term on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1998 to 2005. He was presiding judge of the court from 2001 to 2005.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Sixth Circuit finds appointments of agency ALJs invalid (2018)
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held on July 31, 2018, that the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission’s (FMSHRC) roster of administrative law judges (ALJs) were invalidly appointed. The panel ruled that the FMSHRC’s commissioners, rather than its chief ALJ, must appoint the agency's ALJs pursuant to the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution. The panel consisted of judges Jeffrey Sutton, Deborah Cook, and Ralph Guy.[3][4]
The panel issued the decision in Jones Brothers Inc., Petitioner, v. Secretary of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration; Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, a case on appeal from the FMSHRC concerning a fine issued to Jones Brothers by the Mine Safety and Health Administration for certain safety violations. The panel vacated the FMSHRC’s decision and remanded the case to the agency for new proceedings before a validly appointed ALJ.[3]
The panel opinion cited the United States Supreme Court's decision in Lucia v. SEC, which held that the ALJs of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are inferior officers of the United States who must be appointed by the SEC commissioners, rather than hired by agency staff, in accordance with the Appointments Clause.[3]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
- United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN462 — Ralph B. Guy Jr. — The Judiciary," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit, "Jones Brothers Inc., Petitioner, v. Secretary of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration; Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission," July 31, 2018
- ↑ Reuters, "6th Circuit says MSHA judges' appointments invalid," July 31, 2018
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Frederick Kaess |
Eastern District of Michigan 1976–1985 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Lawrence Zatkoff |
| Preceded by: NA - New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1985–1994 |
Succeeded by: Eric Clay
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| Active judges |
• Sean Cox (Michigan) • Thomas Ludington • Mark Goldsmith • Stephen Murphy (Michigan) • Shalina Kumar • Linda V. Parker • Laurie Michelson • Terrence Berg • Judith Ellen Levy • Matthew Frederick Leitman • Jonathan Grey • Frances Kay Behm • Susan DeClercq • Brandy McMillion • Robert White (Michigan) | ||
| Senior judges |
Bernard Friedman • Paul Borman • Robert Cleland • Nancy Edmunds • Denise Hood • David M. Lawson • John O'Meara (Michigan) • George Steeh • Gershwin Drain • | ||
| Magistrate judges | David Grand • Patricia T. Morris • Anthony Patti • Elizabeth Stafford • Kimberly Altman • Curtis Ivy Jr. • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Damon Keith • Victoria Roberts • Marianne Battani • Anna Taylor • Avern Cohn • Patrick Duggan • John Feikens • Paul Gadola • Arthur Tarnow • Lawrence Zatkoff • Cornelia Kennedy • Ralph Guy • Richard Suhrheinrich • Horace Gilmore • Stewart Newblatt • Ross Wilkins • Barbara Hackett • Russell Harvey (Michigan) • George La Plata • Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court) • John Wesley Longyear • Henry Harrison Swan • Alexis Caswell Angell • Arthur Tuttle • Charles Casper Simons • Edward Julien Moinet • Ernest Aloysius O'Brien • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • Wade Hampton McCree, Jr. • James Churchill • Mona Majzoub • Patricia Boyle • Robert DeMascio • Ralph Freeman • Lawrence Gubow • Frederick Kaess • Arthur Koscinski • Theodore Levin (Michigan) • Thaddeus Machrowicz • Clifford O'Sullivan • Philip Pratt (Michigan) • Stephen Roth • Talbot Smith • Thomas Thornton • George Woods (federal judge) • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Damon Keith • Bernard Friedman • Anna Taylor • Julian Cook • John Feikens • Lawrence Zatkoff • Cornelia Kennedy • Arthur Lederle • Frank Picard • James Churchill • Ralph Freeman • Frederick Kaess • Theodore Levin (Michigan) • Philip Pratt (Michigan) • | ||
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| 1974 |
Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland | ||
| 1975 |
Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong | ||
| 1976 |
Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood | ||
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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 | ||
