Charles Caspar Simons (May 21, 1876 – February 2, 1964) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Charles Casper Simons
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Born 1876 in Detroit, MI
Died 1964
FJC ID: 2193
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 9/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 48/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1923–1932Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1932–1964
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1952–1958
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1900–1923
- Michigan constitutional conventionMember · 1908
- Michigan Circuit Court, Wayne CountyCommissioner · 1905–1906
- MichiganState senator · 1903–1904
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge1932–1964 · Appointed by Herbert Hoover (Republican)Term ended: Death
1923–1932 · Appointed by Warren G. Harding (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1900- University of MichiganB.L. · 1898