Shackelford Miller Jr.
Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1945 and confirmed by voice vote, Shackelford Miller Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1917. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1892–1965
- Appointed by
- Harry S Truman, 1945
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1914 · Harvard Law School 1917
- Succeeded
- Elwood Hamilton
- Succeeded by
- Bertram Thomas Combs
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Western District of Kentucky succeeded Elwood Hamilton | F.D. Roosevelt (D) | Voice vote |
| 1945 | Sixth Circuit succeeded Elwood Hamilton | Truman (D) | 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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1914 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1917 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Miller authored 74 published opinions for the court (1939–1954). Most cited: Travis v. Ray (51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Travis v. Ray | 41 F. Supp. 6 | 51 |
| 1941 | Kentucky-Tennessee Light & Power Co. v. Nashville Coal Co. | 37 F. Supp. 728 | 32 |
| 1941 | Vezolles v. Home Indemnity Co., New York | 38 F. Supp. 455 | 31 |
| 1941 | Shain v. Armour & Co. | 40 F. Supp. 488 | 21 |
| 1939 | United States v. Schultze | 28 F. Supp. 234 | 21 |
| 1941 | Gordon v. Paducah Ice Mfg. Co. | 41 F. Supp. 980 | 20 |
| 1941 | Kentucky Cottage Industries, Inc. v. Glenn | 39 F. Supp. 642 | 20 |
| 1944 | National Surety Corporation v. Peoples Milling Co. | 57 F. Supp. 281 | 19 |
| 1944 | Bowles v. Joseph Denunzio Fruit Co. | 55 F. Supp. 9 | 19 |
| 1943 | In Re Van Winkle | 49 F. Supp. 711 | 19 |
| 1944 | Brown v. Cummins Distilleries Corporation | 53 F. Supp. 659 | 17 |
| 1943 | United States v. Adcock | 49 F. Supp. 351 | 17 |
| 1944 | Cahill v. Curtiss-Wright Corporation | 57 F. Supp. 614 | 16 |
| 1941 | Stitzel-Weller Distillery, Inc. v. Norman | 39 F. Supp. 182 | 16 |
| 1943 | Shain v. Armour & Co. | 50 F. Supp. 907 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 74 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 Shackelford Miller Jr.?
- President Harry S Truman appointed Shackelford Miller Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1945.
- Was Shackelford Miller Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Shackelford Miller Jr. was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Shackelford Miller Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Shackelford Miller Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 4, 1945. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Shackelford Miller Jr. on?
- Shackelford Miller Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
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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19 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).