Who appointed Charles Wycliffe Joiner?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles Wycliffe Joiner to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1972.

Was Charles Wycliffe Joiner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles Wycliffe Joiner was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles Wycliffe Joiner's confirmation vote?

Charles Wycliffe Joiner was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Michigan / Appointed 1972 / Served to 2017

Charles Wycliffe Joiner

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Wycliffe Joiner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from University of Iowa College of Law in 1939. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1916–2017
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1972
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Iowa 1937 · University of Iowa College of Law 1939
Succeeded: Talbot Smith
Succeeded by: Barbara Kloka Hackett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1972	Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Talbot Smith	Nixon (R)	Voice vote

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

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Iowa	B.A.	1937
University of Iowa College of Law	J.D.	1939

Judicial Record

In our data, Joiner authored 195 published opinions for the court (1972–1987). Most cited: United States v. Ridling (91 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1972	United States v. Ridling	350 F. Supp. 90	91
1977	Stamps v. Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43	431 F. Supp. 745	50
1983	Barnier v. Szentmiklosi	565 F. Supp. 869	45
1978	Gerlach v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.	448 F. Supp. 1168	43
1981	Liuzzo v. United States	508 F. Supp. 923	36
1978	Saad v. Shell Oil Co.	460 F. Supp. 114	36
1985	Mohammed v. Union Carbide Corp.	606 F. Supp. 252	34
1979	Pennwalt Corp. v. Zenith Laboratories, Inc.	472 F. Supp. 413	33
1976	United States v. Van Lewis	409 F. Supp. 535	33
1979	Mielke v. Allstate Insurance	472 F. Supp. 851	32
1977	In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, Detroit, Mich. Aug.	434 F. Supp. 648	29
1984	Pascoe v. Internal Revenue Service	580 F. Supp. 649	27
1980	Liuzzo v. United States	485 F. Supp. 1274	27
1982	Wright v. Jeep Corp.	547 F. Supp. 871	26
1981	International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America v. Acme Precision Products, Inc.	515 F. Supp. 537	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 195 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 Charles Wycliffe Joiner?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles Wycliffe Joiner to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1972.
Was Charles Wycliffe Joiner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles Wycliffe Joiner was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Wycliffe Joiner's confirmation vote?: Charles Wycliffe Joiner was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles Wycliffe Joiner on?: Charles Wycliffe Joiner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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44 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).