Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit circuit Retired 2022 · served 1977–2022 Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic) 30 signed orders read

Judge Merritt no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Depew v. Anderson
311 F.3d 742 · 2002-11-20
Habeas petition (petitioner) Granted in part

“the judgment of the district court is affirmed in part as to the vacating of the death sentence, reversed in part as to the grant of an unconditional writ and remanded with instructions to conditionally grant the writ unless the State of Ohio elects to initiate resentencing proceedings within 180 days of the district court's order.”

Wolgast Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
01-1904/2056 · 2003-09-16
Petition for review (petitioner) Denied

“we DENY Wolgast's petition for review and GRANT [enforcement of] ... the Board's [order]”

United States v. Ward
19-3395 · 2020-07-27
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We therefore AFFIRM the district court.”

United States v. Lanier
93-5608 · 1996-01-23
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Thus the conviction and sentence of the defendant is reversed and the indictment dismissed.”

Victoria Price Street v. National Broadcasting Co.
77-1682 · 1981-03-13
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm for the reason that the historical events and persons portrayed are “public” as distinguished from “private.””

In re Susan G. Brown (Brown v. Ellmann)
16-1967 · 2017-03-20
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“Accordingly, we AFFIRM the order of the bankruptcy court.”

United States v. Grant
567 F.3d 776 · 2009-06-09
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“For these reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.”

Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky, LLC
18-3802 · 2019-08-08
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“The judgment of the district court is reversed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.”

East Coast Miner LLC v. Nixon Peabody LLP (In re Licking River Mining, LLC)
17-6310 · 2018-12-28
Appeal (appellant) Denied

“We affirm the decision of the bankruptcy court.”

Linkletter v. Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc.
16-3265 · 2017-03-23
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“Accordingly, the district court was in error when it granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss, and we reverse the judgment.”

Medical Center at Elizabeth Place, LLC v. Atrium Health System
817 F.3d 934 · 2016-03-22
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“We disagree and reverse and remand for further proceedings under the Sherman Act.”

Wallace v. Washington Mutual Bank, F.A.
10-3694 · 2012-06-26
Appeal (appellant) Granted

“For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the judgment of the district court and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion.”

A historical record

Judge Merritt no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.