John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.
b. 1925 · Charleston, WV
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia | Judge | Gerald Ford (Republican) | Sep 3, 1976 | — |
Education
- West Virginia University, A.B., 1947
- West Virginia University College of Law, LL.B., 1950
Professional Career
U.S. Army, 1944-1946; Law clerk, Hon. Ben Moore, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, 1950-1951; Private practice, Charleston, West Virginia, 1951-1958; Adjunct professor, West Virginia University College of Law, 1970-1976; Faculty member, Federal Judicial Center, 1970-1976
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Referee in Bankruptcy, Southern District of West Virginia, 1958-1973
- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, Southern District of West Virginia, 1973-1976
Opinions on This Site
31 opinions from 1977 to 2009
- McLeod v. Peguese 2009
- Philips v. Pitt County Memorial Hospital 2009
- Rein v. United States Patent & Trademark Office 2009
- Belyakov v. Leavitt 2009
- Public Employees' Retirement Ass'n v. Deloitte & Touche LLP 2009
- Lamb v. Qualex Incorporated 2002
- Johnson Bros. Truckers Inc. v. Butner 2001
- Cheryl S. Conner v. Schrader-Bridgeport International, Incorporated 2000
- David Austell v. Raymond James & Associates, Incorporated 1997
- Mann v. Haigh 1997
- Hartmann v. Loudoun County Board of Education 1997
- United States v. Melvin E. Howard, A/K/A Mu, United States of America v. George H. Jones, United States of America v. Jimmy Bacon 1997
- Sammy L. Clark v. Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company Amalgamated Local No. 451, United Plant Guard Workers of America 1991
- United States v. Michael Francis Johnson, United States of America v. Ricardo Bernard Smith 1991
- Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local Union No. 33 of Northern Ohio No. 70 v. Power City Plumbing & Heating, Inc. 1991
- Bruce Bowers v. U.S. Department of Justice 1991
- United States v. Daniel Thomas Depew 1991
- Edwin S. Leland v. Federal Insurance Administrator, United Services Automobile Association 1991
- United States v. Robert McNatt 1991
- Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Parker 1991
- United States v. Carrol Lee Morrow 1991
- Local 305, National Post Office Mail Handlers, Division of the Laborers' International Union v. National Labor Relations Board 1991
- Walter L. Compton, Jr. v. Alton Steamship Company, Inc. 1979
- Clark v. Whiting 1979
- Daniel Nix v. United States 1978
- Herbert Levi Ferguson v. F. C. Boyd 1977
- Duncan v. Furrow Auction Co. 1977
- United States v. Ronald Lee Sparks 1977
- United States v. Richard B. Marx 1977
- Gary Krasnow v. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State of Virginia, as Represented By, A. H. Krebs, Acting Vice-President 1977
- John Howard Wrighten v. United States 1977