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Otis M. Smith

Born 1922

Died 1994

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year

Michigan Supreme Court · 1961–19671961198020002020202360
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 22/year

Michigan Supreme Court · 1961–196719611980200020202023220
citing decisions

Michigan Supreme Court · 1961–1967

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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Gender
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Appointments

  1. Michigan Supreme Court
    1961–1967
    Term ended: lost

Education

  1. Syracuse University
    ba