John Michael Manos
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, John Michael Manos was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2006
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1976
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve) 1944 · Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 1950
- Succeeded
- Ben Charles Green
- Succeeded by
- Lesley Brooks Wells
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Northern District of Ohio succeeded Ben Charles Green | Ford (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
| Case Institute of Technology (now Case Western Reserve University) | B.S. | 1944 |
| Cleveland-Marshall College of Law | J.D. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Manos was assigned 2,749 district-court cases (1982–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 144 days across 2,749 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 28 of Manos’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 24 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 2 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Manos authored 60 published opinions for the court (1976–2006). Most cited: Mead Corp. v. Allendale Mutual Insurance (35 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Mead Corp. v. Allendale Mutual Insurance | 465 F. Supp. 355 | 35 |
| 1991 | Mowery v. Mercury Marine, Division of Brunswick Corp. | 773 F. Supp. 1012 | 32 |
| 1980 | Record Revolution No. 6 v. City of Parma, Ohio | 492 F. Supp. 1157 | 31 |
| 1977 | Kucinich v. Forbes | 432 F. Supp. 1101 | 27 |
| 1977 | United States v. Payner | 434 F. Supp. 113 | 26 |
| 1977 | Sovereign News Co. v. Falke | 448 F. Supp. 306 | 25 |
| 1982 | Hanna Mining Co. v. Norcen Energy Resources Ltd. | 574 F. Supp. 1172 | 22 |
| 2006 | In Re Ferro Corp. Erisa Litigation | 422 F. Supp. 2d 850 | 19 |
| 1981 | Marathon Oil Co. v. Mobil Corp. | 530 F. Supp. 315 | 19 |
| 1976 | Bishop v. Pecsok | 431 F. Supp. 34 | 19 |
| 1977 | Endres Floral Co. v. United States | 450 F. Supp. 16 | 18 |
| 1977 | Standard Oil Co. v. Federal Energy Administration | 440 F. Supp. 328 | 14 |
| 1977 | United States v. Perez | 440 F. Supp. 272 | 14 |
| 1981 | Acker v. United States | 519 F. Supp. 178 | 13 |
| 1978 | Sorin v. BOARD OF ED., ETC. | 464 F. Supp. 50 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 60 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 John Michael Manos?
- President Gerald Ford appointed John Michael Manos to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1976.
- Was John Michael Manos appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Michael Manos was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Michael Manos's confirmation vote?
- John Michael Manos was confirmed by voice vote on March 26, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Michael Manos on?
- John Michael Manos was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).