Who appointed Bailey Brown?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Bailey Brown to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1979.

Was Bailey Brown appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Bailey Brown was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Bailey Brown's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Bailey Brown 83–12 on September 25, 1979.

Sixth Circuit / Appointed 1979 / Served to 1997

Bailey Brown

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by the Senate 83–12, Bailey Brown was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1942. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1917–2004
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: 83–12
Education: University of Michigan 1939 · Harvard Law School 1942
Succeeded: Harry Phillips
Succeeded by: Harry Walker Wellford

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	Western District of Tennessee	Kennedy (D)	Voice vote
1979	Sixth Circuit succeeded Harry Phillips	Carter (D)	83–12

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

The Senate’s published per-senator roll-call records begin in 1989, so no senator-by-senator breakdown is available for this vote.

Education

University of Michigan	A.B.	1939
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1942

Judicial Record

In our data, Brown authored 49 published opinions for the court (1962–1979). Most cited: Dunkin v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc. (40 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1977	Dunkin v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.	443 F. Supp. 121	40
1979	Union Planters Nat. Bank of Memphis v. Markowitz	468 F. Supp. 529	21
1971	Hassell v. Harmon Foods, Inc.	336 F. Supp. 432	21
1972	Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe	335 F. Supp. 873	20
1965	Wirtz v. Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company	246 F. Supp. 198	19
1970	Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe	309 F. Supp. 1189	18
1965	Bryant v. Donnell	239 F. Supp. 681	18
1964	Vaughn v. United States	225 F. Supp. 890	18
1970	ROBINSON, BY ROBINSON v. Shelby County Board of Education	311 F. Supp. 97	17
1979	Adams v. Federal Express Corp.	470 F. Supp. 1356	16
1965	Monroe v. Board of Commissioners, City of Jackson	244 F. Supp. 353	15
1965	United States v. Threlkeld	241 F. Supp. 324	15
1968	Southland Mall, Incorporated v. Garner	293 F. Supp. 1370	14
1967	Fayette v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.	273 F. Supp. 323	14
1963	Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of City of Jackson, Miss.	221 F. Supp. 968	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 49 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Bailey Brown?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Bailey Brown to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1979.
Was Bailey Brown appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Bailey Brown was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Bailey Brown's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Bailey Brown 83–12 on September 25, 1979.
Which court was Bailey Brown on?: Bailey Brown was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

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18 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).