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Harry Phillips

Harry Phillips

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Born 1909 in Watertown, TN

Died 1985

FJC ID: 1878

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 26/year

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–198519631980200020202025260
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 401/year

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1985196319802000202020254010
citing decisions

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1963–1985

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.

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Harry Phillips (July 28, 1909 – August 3, 1985) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 1969–1978
  2. Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee
    1950–1963
  3. State of Tennessee
    State of Tennessee
    Assistant attorney general · 1937–1943, 1946–1950
  4. U.S. Navy lieutenant commander
    1943–1946
  5. Private practice, Watertown, Tennessee
    1935–1937
  6. Tennessee
    State representative · 1935–1937

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitChief Judge
    1963–1985 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Cumberland School of Law
    LL.B. · 1933
  2. Cumberland University
    A.B. · 1932