William Ernest Miller
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Appointed byRichard Nixon
Preceded byClifford Patrick O'Sullivan
Succeeded byGilbert S. Merritt Jr.
Preceded byElmer David Davies
William Ernest Miller | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| In office July 8, 1970 – April 12, 1976 | |
| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Clifford Patrick O'Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | Gilbert S. Merritt Jr. |
| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
| In office 1961–1970 | |
| Preceded by | Elmer David Davies |
| Succeeded by | Frank Gray Jr. |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee | |
| In office March 16, 1955 – July 13, 1970 | |
| Appointed by | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Seat established by 68 Stat. 8 |
| Succeeded by | Leland Clure Morton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 3, 1908 Johnson City, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 12, 1976 (aged 68) |
| Education | University of Tennessee (BA) Yale University (LLB) |
William Ernest Miller (February 3, 1908 – April 12, 1976) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.
Born in Johnson City, Tennessee, Miller received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Tennessee in 1930 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1933. He was in private practice in Johnson City from 1933 to 1955. He was a state court chancellor of the First Chancery Division of Tennessee from 1939 to 1940. He was in the United States Army Air Corps as a Major from 1942 to 1945.[1]
