Ralph McKenzie Freeman (May 5, 1902 – March 29, 1990) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Ralph McKenzie Freeman
Michigan Eastern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Born 1902 in Flushing, MI
Died 1990 in Royal Oak, MI
FJC ID: 797
Career output and lasting influence
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 5/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1954–1990
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 · 1963–1966
- Private practice, Flint, Michigan1926–1927, 1933–1954
- Genesee County, MichiganProsecutor · 1931–1932
- Genesee County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor · 1928–1930
Appointments
1954–1990 · Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1926