John Michael Manos (December 8, 1922 – July 6, 2006) was a
United States district judge
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of the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
United may refer to:
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.
Early life and education
Manos was born to Maria and Michael E. Manos on December 8, 1922, in
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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.
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Accessed December 31, 2009 He grew up in the
Tremont neighborhood of Cleveland. Like many Depression-era Cleveland kids, he worked odd jobs at the
West Side Market
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. He attended
Cleveland Public Schools
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and graduated from Lincoln High School. He went on to
Case Institute of Technology
Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Res ...
(now
Case Western Reserve University
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), where he was quarterback and captain of the
football team
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.
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Wall Street Journal, July 6, 2006 (Accessed December 31, 2009) He graduated from Case in 1944 with a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
degree in Metallurgy.
He was in the
United States Navy
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from 1943 to 1945. Once he returned, he attended Cleveland Law School, which would be renamed
Cleveland–Marshall College of Law
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. During this time, Manos worked as assistant plant manager at the Lake City Malleable Iron Company. He was a member of
Delta Theta Phi
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and
Phi Alpha Delta
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Law Fraternities. He received a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
in 1950.
Legal and state judicial service
Manos was in private practice in Cleveland from 1950 to 1963. He was law director of the City of
Bay Village, Ohio from 1954 to 1956. He was industries representative of the Cleveland Regional Board of Review from 1956 to 1959. He was Judge of the
Cuyahoga County
Cuyahoga County ( or ) is a large urban County (United States), county located in the Northeast Ohio, northeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. It is situated on the southern shore of Lake Erie, across the Canada–United States border, U.S.- ...
Court of Common Pleas from 1963 to 1969. He was a Judge of the Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals from 1969 to 1976.
Federal judicial service
Manos was nominated by President
Gerald Ford
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on March 17, 1976, to a seat on the
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
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vacated by Judge
Ben Charles Green. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on March 26, 1976, and received his commission on March 29, 1976. Manos assumed
senior status
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on April 1, 1991. He served in that status until his death on July 6, 2006, in
Lakewood, Ohio.
Notable cases
In 1981, Manos ruled that oil company
Mobil
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...
's $6.5 billion offer to acquire
Marathon Oil
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would violate federal antitrust laws. Manos made another landmark ruling in 1998 case of ''O'Brien v. Westlake City Schools Board of Education'', which related to the internet and student rights.
Personal life
Manos established a college scholarship program for local Greek students. One of the recipients was
George Stephanopoulos
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, who had promised his father that he would eventually attend law school.
He also mentored numerous other young lawyers, including current
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Terrence O'Donnell
Terrence O'Donnell (born c. 1946) is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio.
Education
He graduated in 1964 from St. Edward High School, an all-boys Catholic high school on Cleveland's west side. He did his undergraduate stud ...
, who clerked for Manos.
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