Judicial Nominees Special Report: Henry Saad

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Nominated to the United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. Currently a Michigan Court of Appeals Judge.

Saad has a long history of denying rights to injured workers. In a majority of his past opinions, he either dissented from offering relief to an injured plaintiff or joined a majority rejecting many claims.
In Fuller v. McPherson Hospital (No. 186762, 1998 Mich. App.), the Appeals Court reinstated a jury award of damages in a sexual harassment suit. Saad dissented with a two-sentence opinion. He stated only that the trial judge was right to find in favor of the hospital.
A member of the Federalist Society, an ultra-conservative legal organization, since 1989.

Sources: Alliance for Justice, Independent Judiciary, issues2002.org

Last updated September 24, 2003