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Ralph Guy

Nonpartisan

United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

Tenure

1994 - Present

Years in position

31

Prior offices:

United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

Years in office: 1985 - 1994

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Years in office: 1976 - 1985

Education

Bachelor's

University of Michigan, 1951

Law

University of Michigan Law School, 1953

Personal

Birthplace

Detroit, MI

Ralph B. Guy, Jr. is afederal judge onsenior status with theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit. He first joined the court in 1985 after a nomination from PresidentRonald Reagan. Prior to his elevation to theSixth Circuit Court of Appeals, Guy was a judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.^[1]

Early life and education

A native ofDetroit, Michigan, Guy received his A.B. degree from University of Michigan in 1951 and hisJ.D. from the University of Michigan Law School in 1953.^[1]

Professional career

• 1985-present:United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit

• 1994-present: Senior judge
• 1985-1994: Judge

• 1998-2005: Judge,United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

• 2001-2005: Presiding judge

• 1976-1985: Judge,United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• 1970-1976:U.S. Attorney,Eastern District of Michigan
• 1968-1970: Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
• 1958-1968: Corporation counsel, City ofDearborn, Mich.
• 1955-1958: Assistant corporation counsel, Dearborn, Mich.
• 1954-1955: Private practice, Dearborn, Mich.^[1]

Judicial career

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Ralph B. Guy, Jr.
Court:United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 85 days after nomination.
ANominated: July 23, 1985
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: September 11, 1985
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: September 12, 1985
AConfirmed: October 16, 1985
AVote: Voice vote

Guy was nominated to theSixth Circuit by PresidentRonald Reagan on July 23, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Guy's nomination were held before theUnited States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on September 11, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) the next day. Guy was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on October 16, 1985, and he received his commission the next day. Guy assumedsenior status on September 1, 1994.^[1][2] He was succeeded in this position by JudgeEric Clay.

Eastern District of Michigan

Guy was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by PresidentGerald Ford on April 26, 1976, to a seat vacated by JudgeFrederick Kaess. Guy was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on May 11, 1976, and he received his commission the next day. He served on the Eastern District until he was elevated to theSixth Circuit onOctober 17, 1985.^[1] Guy was succeeded in this position by JudgeLawrence Zatkoff.

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

Guy served a seven-year term on theUnited States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 1998 to 2005. He was presiding judge of the court from 2001 to 2005.^[1]

Noteworthy cases

Sixth Circuit finds appointments of agency ALJs invalid (2018)

A three-judge panel of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit held on July 31, 2018, that theFederal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission’s (FMSHRC) roster ofadministrative law judges (ALJs) were invalidly appointed. The panel ruled that the FMSHRC’s commissioners, rather than its chief ALJ, must appoint the agency's ALJs pursuant to the Appointments Clause of theUnited States Constitution. The panel consisted of judgesJeffrey Sutton,Deborah Cook, and Ralph Guy.^[3][4]

The panel issued the decision inJones Brothers Inc., Petitioner, v. Secretary of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration; Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, a case on appeal from the FMSHRC concerning a fine issued to Jones Brothers by the Mine Safety and Health Administration for certain safety violations. The panel vacated the FMSHRC’s decision and remanded the case to the agency for new proceedings before a validly appointed ALJ.^[3]

The panel opinion cited theUnited States Supreme Court's decision inLucia v. SEC, which held that the ALJs of theSecurities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are inferior officers of the United States who must be appointed by the SEC commissioners, rather than hired by agency staff, in accordance with the Appointments Clause.^[3]

See also

• United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
• United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court

External links

Suggest a link

• Judge Guy's biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Jeffrey Sutton  •  Raymond Kethledge  •  Amul Thapar  •  Eric Clay  •  Richard Griffin  •  Karen Moore  •  Joan Larsen  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •  John K. Bush  •  John Nalbandian  •  Eric Murphy  •  Chad Readler  •  Andre Mathis  •  Rachel Bloomekatz  •  Kevin Ritz
Senior judges	Helene White  •  Alice Batchelder  •  Ralph Guy  •  James L. Ryan  •  Alan Norris  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Martha Daughtrey  •  David McKeague  •  Deborah Cook  •  Julia Gibbons  •  John M. Rogers (Sixth Circuit)  •  Ronald Gilman  •  Danny Boggs  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Eugene Siler  •  Jane Stranch  •
Former judges	Damon Keith  •  Bernice Donald  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Boyce Martin  •  Julian William Mack  •  Harry Wellford  •  Robert Krupansky  •  Leroy Contie  •  Herbert Milburn  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  Halmer Hull Emmons  •  John Baxter  •  William E. Miller  •  Howell Edmunds Jackson  •  William Howard Taft  •  Horace Harmon Lurton  •  Henry Franklin Severens  •  William Rufus Day  •  Loyal Edwin Knappen  •  John Kelvey Richards  •  Arthur Carter Denison  •  John Wesley Warrington  •  Maurice Donahue  •  John Weld Peck  •  Smith Hickenlooper  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Charles Harwood Moorman  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  Elwood Hamilton  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Herschel Arant  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  Henry Brooks  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  John Peck II  •  Bailey Brown  •  Anthony Celebrezze  •  Bertram Combs  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Nathaniel Jones (federal judge)  •  Susan Neilson  •  Harry Phillips  •  David Aldrich Nelson  •
Former Chief judges	Alice Batchelder  •  Gilbert Merritt  •  Boyce Martin  •  Danny Boggs  •  Albert Engel  •  Pierce Lively  •  R. Guy Cole  •  Xenophon Hicks  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Florence Ellinwood Allen  •  John Donelson Martin (Federal appeals court judge)  •  Shackelford Miller  •  Paul Weick  •  Lester Cecil  •  George Edwards (Sixth Circuit)  •  Thomas McAllister  •  Harry Phillips  •

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
Active judges	•  Thomas Ludington  •  Mark Goldsmith  •  Stephen Murphy (Michigan)  •  Shalina Kumar  •  Linda V. Parker  •  Laurie Michelson  •  Terrence Berg  •  Judith Ellen Levy  •  Matthew Frederick Leitman  •  Jonathan Grey  •  Frances Kay Behm  •  Susan DeClercq  •  Brandy McMillion  •  Robert White (Michigan)
Senior judges	Bernard Friedman  •  Paul Borman  •  Robert Cleland  •  Nancy Edmunds  •  Denise Hood  •  David M. Lawson  •  John O'Meara (Michigan)  •  George Steeh  •  Gershwin Drain  •
Magistrate judges	David Grand  •  Patricia T. Morris  •  Anthony Patti  •  Elizabeth Stafford  •  Kimberly Altman  •  Curtis Ivy Jr.  •
Former Article III judges	Damon Keith  •  Victoria Roberts  •  Marianne Battani  •  Anna Taylor  •  Avern Cohn  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  Patrick Duggan  •  John Feikens  •  Paul Gadola  •  Arthur Tarnow  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Ralph Guy  •  Richard Suhrheinrich  •  Horace Gilmore  •  Stewart Newblatt  •  Ross Wilkins  •  Barbara Hackett  •  Russell Harvey (Michigan)  •  George La Plata  •  Henry Billings Brown (U.S. Supreme Court)  •  John Wesley Longyear  •  Henry Harrison Swan  •  Alexis Caswell Angell  •  Arthur Tuttle  •  Charles Casper Simons  •  Edward Julien Moinet  •  Ernest Aloysius O'Brien  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  Wade Hampton McCree, Jr.  •  James Churchill  •  Mona Majzoub  •  Patricia Boyle  •  Robert DeMascio  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Lawrence Gubow  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Arthur Koscinski  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Thaddeus Machrowicz  •  Clifford O'Sullivan  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •  Stephen Roth (Michigan)  •  Talbot Smith  •  Thomas Thornton  •  George Woods (federal judge)  •  Stephanie Dawkins Davis  •
Former Chief judges	Damon Keith  •  Bernard Friedman  •  Anna Taylor  •  Julian Cook  •  Sean Cox (Michigan)  •  John Feikens  •  Lawrence Zatkoff  •  Cornelia Kennedy  •  Arthur Lederle  •  Frank Picard  •  James Churchill  •  Ralph Freeman  •  Frederick Kaess  •  Theodore Levin (Michigan)  •  Philip Pratt (Michigan)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGerald Ford
1974	Bauer •Bramwell •Cahn •Churchill •Clarke •Cook •Elfvin •Fitzgerald •Flaum •Gerry •Kirkland •Sessions •Torruella •Graafeiland
1975	Brimmer •Brotman •Grady •Haden •Henley •Higginbotham •Kennedy •Leighton •McNagny •Meskill •O'Conor •Rogers •Shell •Siler •Stafford •Stevens •Thompson •Tjoflat •Wong
1976	Ackerman •Anderson •Aronovitz •Broderick •Callister •Cohill •Copenhaver •Crowley •Davis •Fay •Goettel •Guy •Haight •Hall •Hill •Ingram •Manos •Munson •Poole •Pratt •Richey •Schwartz •Schwarzer •Sear •Sterling •Takasugi •Waters •Williams • Wood

v • e Federal judges nominated byRonald Reagan
1981	Bartlett •Beam •Becker •Bork •Cacheris •Cardamone •Chapman •Coughenour •Cox •Crow •Cyr •Doumar •Eschbach •Forrester •Garwood •Gibson •Glasser •Hall •Hamilton •Head •Jones •Kiser •Krenzler •Lee •Magnuson •McLaughlin •Miner •Moore •Nowlin •O'Connor •Pierce •Posner •Potter •Russell •Ryan •Shabaz •Sprizzo •Stevens •Waters •Wilhoit •Wilkins •Winter
1982	Acker •Acosta •Altimari •Bell •Bissell •Black •Bullock •Caldwell •Coffey •Contie •Coyle •Dowd •Fagg •Fong •Fox •Gadbois •Gibson •Ginsburg •Hart •Higginbotham •Hogan •Irving •Jackson •Jolly •Kanne •Kovachevich •Krupansky •Lynch •Mansmann •McNamara •Mencer •Mentz •Mihm •Moody •Nordberg •Paul •Pieras •Plunkett •Porfilio •Potter •Pratt •Rafeedie •Restani •Roberts •Scalia •Selya •Telesca •Wellford
1983	Baldock •Barbour •Barry •Bowman •Carman •Carter •Curran •Davis •Dorsey •Feldman •Fish •Flaum •Gibbons •Hallanan •Harris •Hinojosa •Hull •Hupp •Katz •Keenan •Kelly •Kram •Laffitte •Limbaugh, Sr. •Limbaugh, Sr. •Milburn •Nesbitt •Nevas •O'Neill •Rymer •Sharp •Starr •Vinson •Vukasin •Wexler • Woods
1984	Barker •Beezer •Biggers •Billings •Bissell •Boyle •Brewster •Browning •DiCarlo •Duhe •Garcia •George •Hall •Hargrove •Higgins •Hill •Holland •Ideman •Jarvis •Keller •Leavy •Lee •Legge •Leisure •Little •Livaudais •Longobardi •McKibben •Milburn •Newman •Norgle •Prado •Rea •Rosenblatt •Rovner •Scirica •Smith, Jr. •Sneeden •Stotler •Suhrheinrich •Torruella •Wiggins •Wilkinson
1985	Alley •Altimari •Anderson •Aquilino •Archer •Arnold •Baldock •Batchelder •Battey •Broomfield •Brown •Brown •Brunetti •Buckley •Cobb •Conmy •Cowen •Davidson •Dimmick •Duff •Easterbrook •Edgar •Farnan •Fernandez •Fitzpatrick •Fuste •Greene •Gunn •Guy •Hall •Hilton •Holderman •Hughes •Johnson •Jones •Korman •Kozinski •La Plata •Leinenweber •Letts •Lovell •Ludwig •Maloney •Mansmann •Marcus •McDonald •Meredith •Miller •Mills •Miner •Motz •Nelson •Noonan •Porfilio •Revercomb •Rhoades •Ripple •Rodriguez •Rosenbaum •Roth •Ryan •Sam •Scott •Sentelle •Silberman •Sporkin •Stanton •Stapleton •Strand •Strom •Tacha •Tevrizian •Thompson •Todd •Tsoucalas •Walker •Walter •Weber •Williams •Wilson •Wingate •Wolf •Wollman •Young •Zloch
1986	Anderson •Boggs •Bryan •Cedarbaum •Cholakis •Conway •Davies •Dearie •Dubina •Duggan •Edmondson •Fawsett •Fitzwater •Gex •Graham •Hackett •Hansen •Henderson •Hittner •Howard •Jensen •Kay •Kleinfeld •Kosik •Lagueux •Lechner •Magill •Mahoney •Manion •McAvoy •McQuade •Norris •O'Scannlain •Rehnquist •Ryskamp •Scalia •Selya •Simpson •Smalkin •Spencer •Stiehl •Wilkins •Williams •Woodlock •Zatkoff
1987	Alesia •Beam •Bell •Conboy •Cowen •Cummings •Daronco •Doty •Dwyer •Ebel •Ellis •Gadola •Gawthrop •Greenberg •Harrington •Howard •Hoyt •Hutchinson •Kanne •Kelly •Larimer •Leavy •Lew •Marsh •Mayer •McKinney •Michel •Mukasey •Musgrave •Niemeyer •Parker •Phillips •Politan •Pro •Raggi •Reasoner •Reed •Scirica •Sentelle • Smith •Smith •Stadtmueller •Standish •Tinder •Torres •Trott •Turner •Van Antwerpen •Voorhees •Webb •Whipple •Wolin •Wolle •Wood •Zagel
1988	Arcara •Babcock •Brorby •Butler •Cambridge •Camp •Conlon •Cox •Dubois •Duhe •Ezra •Forester •Friedman •Garza •Hutton •Jordan •Kennedy •Lake •Lamberth •Lifland •Lozano •Marovich •Nygaard •Patterson •Schell •Smith •Smith •Tilley •Waldman •Zilly