Michael Kanne
Michael Stephen Kanne was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan (R). His service ended on June 16, 2022, upon his death. Prior to his service on the Seventh Circuit, Judge Kanne was a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.[1]
Biography
Education
Kanne graduated from Indiana University with his bachelor's degree in 1962, and from Indiana University Maurer School of Law with his J.D. in 1968.[1]
Military service
Kanne served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965.[1]
Professional career
- 1990-1991: Lecturer, St. Frances College
- 1976-1989: Lecturer, St. Joseph's College
- 1972-1982: Judge, 30th Judicial Circuit of Indiana
- 1972: City attorney, Rensselaer, Ind.
- 1968-1972: Private practice, Rensselaer, Ind.[1]
Judicial career
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Michael Kanne |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 106 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: February 2, 1987
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| Hearing: April 28, 1987
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| Reported: May 19, 1987
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| Confirmed: May 19, 1987
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Kanne was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on February 2, 1987, to a seat vacated by Judge Jesse Eschbach. Hearings on Kanne's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 28, 1987, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on May 19, 1987; Kanne's nomination was confirmed by unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate the same day. Kanne received his commission on May 20, 1987.[1][2]
Northern District of Indiana
Kanne was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana by Ronald Reagan on December 4, 1981, to a seat vacated by Judge Phil McNagny. Hearings on Kanne's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 27, 1982, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on February 2, 1982. Kanne's nomination was confirmed in the U.S. Senate on February 8, 1982, by unanimous consent. He received his commission on February 9, 1982. He resigned from the bench on May 21, 1987, upon his elevation to the Seventh Circuit. Kanne was succeeded in this position by Judge Rudy Lozano.[1][3]
Noteworthy cases
Illinois abortion law case (2009)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (Zbaraz et al., v. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, et at., US 08-1620, 08-1782)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit (Zbaraz et al., v. Lisa Madigan, Attorney General of Illinois, et at., US 08-1620, 08-1782)
Judge Kanne was part of a three judge-panel that removed an injunction against the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.[4] The 1995 law required parental notification for abortions in Illinois. After the law was passed, it remained latent due to an injunction filed that prevented enforcement.[4]
Under the law, parents were required to be notified 48 hours before a girl age seventeen or younger obtained an abortion in Illinois. The law did not require parental consent. The law also contained a provision to bypass the notification requirement by notifying a judge.[5]
After the law was passed, a group of Illinois doctors demanded that Attorney General Jim Ryan refrain from enforcing it due to complaints over the judicial bypass provision. Both sides agreed to a court order placing an injunction on enforcement of the law. It was not until 2006 that the Illinois Supreme Court allowed enforcement of the law, but the State was required to file a lawsuit to lift the injunction.[5]
The suit was filed in March 2007, when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan petitioned federal judge David Coar to lift the injunction.[5] Judge Coar denied the petition, and subsequently, the Thomas More Society and the Illinois Catholic Conference filed an appeal to the Seventh Circuit.
The three-judge panel decided in favor of the judicial bypass provision, stating, "the law is constitutional on its face under the relevant criteria for consent statutes, and therefore, it satisfies any criteria that are required for bypass provisions in notice statutes.”[5]
Judge Kanne was joined on the three-judge panel by Judges Richard Cudahy and John Tinder.[5]
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- United States District Court, Northern District of Indiana
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Federal Judicial Center, "Kanne, Michael Stephen," accessed June 22, 2022
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 99 - Michael S. Kanne - The Judiciary," accessed May 31, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 883 - Michael S. Kanne - The Judiciary," accessed May 31, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Illinois Family Institute, "Thomas More Society Claims Victory for Illinois Parents," July 14, 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Courthouse News Service, "Court Upholds Illinois Abortion Notification Law," July 15, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by - |
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit 1987-2022 |
Succeeded by Joshua Kolar |
| Preceded by - |
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana 1982-1987 |
Succeeded by - |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Holly Brady • Philip Simon • Gretchen Hess Lund • Damon Leichty • Cristal Brisco | ||
| Senior judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • James T. Moody (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Joseph Van Bokkelen • Jon E. DeGuilio • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Michael G. Gotsch • John E. Martin (Indiana) • Susan Collins (Federal judge, Indiana) • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Michael Kanne • Jesse Eschbach • Rudy Lozano (Indiana) • Thomas Whitten Slick • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Phil McNagny • William Parkinson (Indiana) • Luther Swygert • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Miller (Indiana) • Allen Sharp • William Lee (Indiana) • Theresa Springmann • Jesse Eschbach • George Beamer • Robert Grant (Indiana) • Philip Simon • Luther Swygert • | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
