Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy (née Groefsema; August 4, 1923 – May 12, 2014) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Cornelia Groefsema Kennedy
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1923 in Detroit, MI
Died 2014 in Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
FJC ID: 1257
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 31/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,258/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1970–1979Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1979–2014
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Board member · 1981–1985- Michigan Circuit Court, Third Judicial CircuitJudge · 1966–1970
- Private practice, Detroit, Michigan1948–1966
Law clerk , Hon. Harold Stephens · 1947–1948
Appointments
1979–2014 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1970–1979 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
J.D. · 1947- University of MichiganB.A. · 1945