James Leo Ryan — judge journal: record, career & affiliations

Affiliations

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit — appointed by Ronald Reagan

Decision levers

AI-measured from their own opinions — each lever cites its cases

PurposivismTextualism

Opinions repeatedly apply plain statutory text to deny benefits or credits, as in Prieskorn sentence credit [2] and Bannan pension offset [3]. People v. Prieskorn ↗ Bannan v. City of Saginaw ↗ Town & Country Dodge, Inc. v. De… ↗

Willing to revisit precedentStrong stare decisis

Explicitly reconsiders and replaces the automatic-reversal rule of Javis in Johnson v. Corbet [1]. Johnson v. Corbet ↗

Deference to government powerSkepticism of government power

Invalidates search warrant issued by dual-role magistrate in Payne [6] and suppresses evidence in Shabaz [11], showing skepticism of official authority. People v. Payne ↗ People v. Shabaz ↗

Decision record

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