Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan (December 8, 1897 – October 7, 1975) 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.
Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1897 in Chicago, IL
Died 1975
FJC ID: 1804
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 23/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 262/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1957–1960Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1960–1975
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, Port Huron, Michigan1920–1924, 1926–1957
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1924–1926
Appointments
1960–1975 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
1957–1960 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Notre Dame Law SchoolLL.B. · 1920