Bailey Brown (June 16, 1917 – October 6, 2004) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and prior to that was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.
Bailey Brown
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee
Born 1917 in Memphis, TN
Died 2004 in Memphis, TN
FJC ID: 282
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 21/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 542/year
Tennessee Western District Court · 1961–1979Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–1997
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Memphis, Tennessee1946–1961
U.S. Navy lieutenant1942–1946
Appointments
1979–1997 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Retirement
1961–1979 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1942- University of MichiganA.B. · 1939