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Michael Kanne

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Michael Kanne
Prior offices:
United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Years in office: 1987 - 2022
Successor:Joshua Kolar (Nonpartisan)
United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Years in office: 1982 - 1987
Education
Bachelor's
Indiana University, 1962
Law
Indiana University, Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, 1968
Personal
Birthplace
Rensselaer, IN

Michael Stephen Kanne was afederal judge for theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. He joined the court in 1987 after being nominated by PresidentRonald Reagan (R). His service ended on June 16, 2022, upon his death. Prior to his service on theSeventh Circuit, Judge Kanne was a judge on theUnited 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 hisJ.D. in 1968.[1]

Military service

Kanne served as a lieutenant in theUnited States Air Force from 1962 to 1965.[1]

Professional career

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.
ApprovedANominated: February 2, 1987
DefeatedAABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
ApprovedAHearing: April 28, 1987
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ApprovedAReported: May 19, 1987 
ApprovedAConfirmed: May 19, 1987
ApprovedAVote: Voice vote


Kanne was nominated to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit by PresidentRonald Reagan on February 2, 1987, to a seat vacated by JudgeJesse Eschbach. Hearings on Kanne's nomination were held before theUnited 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 theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana byRonald Reagan on December 4, 1981, to a seat vacated by JudgePhil McNagny. Hearings on Kanne's nomination were held before theSenate 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 theSeventh Circuit. Kanne was succeeded in this position by JudgeRudy 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)

Judge Kanne was part of a three judge-panel that removed an injunction against theIllinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995.[4] The 1995 law required parental notification for abortions inIllinois. 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 GeneralJim 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 theIllinois 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, whenIllinois Attorney GeneralLisa Madigan petitioned federal judgeDavid 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 theSeventh 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 JudgesRichard Cudahy andJohn Tinder.[5]

See also

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Footnotes

Political offices
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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Federal judges who have served theU.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Active judges

   •  Amy St. Eve  •  Frank Easterbrook  •  John Z. Lee (United States Court of Appeals judge)  •  Michael B. Brennan (Wisconsin)  •  Michael Scudder  •  Joshua Kolar  •  Doris Pryor  •  Thomas Kirsch  •  Candace Jackson-Akiwumi  •  Nancy Maldonado  •  Rebecca Taibleson

Senior judges

Diane Sykes  •  Diane Wood  •  Daniel Manion  •  Ilana Rovner  •  David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit)  •  Kenneth Ripple  •  William Bauer  •  

Former judgesJohn Paul Stevens  •  Ann Williams (Federal judge)  •  Julian William Mack  •  Terence Evans  •  Joel Flaum  •  Michael Kanne  •  Richard Posner  •  John Coffey (Seventh Circuit)  •  Jesse Eschbach  •  Walter Quintin Gresham  •  Richard Cudahy  •  Thomas Fairchild  •  Philip Tone  •  William Allen Woods  •  James Graham Jenkins (Wisconsin)  •  William Henry Seaman  •  John William Showalter  •  Peter Stenger Grosscup  •  Christian Cecil Kohlsaat  •  Albert Barnes Anderson (federal judge)  •  Francis Elisha Baker  •  Samuel Alschuler  •  Evan Alfred Evans  •  Louis FitzHenry  •  George True Page  •  Walter Lindley  •  William Morris Sparks  •  James Earl Major  •  Walter Treanor  •  Francis Duffy  •  Otto Kerner, Sr.  •  Otto Kerner, Jr.  •  Harlington Wood  •  Winfred Knoch  •  William Parkinson (Indiana)  •  Luther Swygert  •  Sherman Minton  •  Latham Castle  •  Walter Cummings  •  Philip Finnegan  •  John Hastings  •  Roger Kiley  •  Wilbur Pell  •  Elmer Schnackenberg  •  Robert Sprecher  •  Hardress Swaim  •  Amy Coney Barrett  •  
Former Chief judges

Diane Sykes  •  Diane Wood  •  Joel Flaum  •  Richard Posner  •  William Bauer  •  Thomas Fairchild  •  William Morris Sparks  •  James Earl Major  •  Francis Duffy  •  Luther Swygert  •  Latham Castle  •  Walter Cummings  •  John Hastings  •  


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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 judgesJohn 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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1982

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1983

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1987

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1988

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