Richard Fred Suhrheinrich (born August 15, 1936) is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit serving in Lansing, Michigan He had been a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 27/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 529/year
Michigan Eastern District Court · 1984–1990Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1990–2001
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
- Detroit College of LawAssociate professor of law · 1975–1985
- Private practice, Michigan1963–1984
- Macomb County, MichiganAssistant prosecutor · 1967
Appointments
1990–2001 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
1984–1990 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.M. · 1990- Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)J.D. · 1963
- Wayne State UniversityB.S. · 1960