Richard Kyle

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

Years in office: 2005 - 2021

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Years in office: 1992 - 2005

Education

Bachelor's

University of Minnesota, 1959

Law

University of Minnesota Law School, 1962

Personal

Birthplace

St. Paul, MN

Richard House Kyle was afederal judge for theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota. He joined the court in 1992 after being nominated by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush (R). He assumedsenior status on May 31, 2005. His judicial service ended on June 22, 2021, upon his death.^[1]

Biography

Early life and education

A native of the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area, Kyle graduated from the University of Minnesota with his bachelor's degree in 1959 and his juris doctorate degree in 1962.^[1]

Professional career

After law school, Kyle started out as a law clerk for former federal district judgeEdward Devitt for theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota from 1962 to 1963. From 1963 to 1992, Kyle was a private practice attorney in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Area while from 1968 to 1970 he took a recess from private practice as Kyle was appointed by Minnesota Governor Harold LeVander as the Solicitor General in the Minnesota State Attorney General's Office.^[1]

Judicial career

District of Minnesota

On the unanimous recommendation of Senators Rudy Boschowitz and David Durenberger, Kyle was nominated by PresidentGeorge Bush onMarch 20, 1992 to a seat vacated byRobert Renner. Kyle was confirmed by the U.S. Senate onMay 12, 1992 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission onMay 13, 1992 before assuming senior status onMay 31, 2005.^[1] Kyle was succeeded in this position byPatrick Schiltz.

Noteworthy cases

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Minnesota

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• Judge Kyle's Homepage at the District of Minnesota Site

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Active judges	Chief Judge: Patrick Schiltz  •  Nancy E. Brasel  •  Jeffrey M. Bryan  •  Katherine Menendez  •  Eric Tostrud  •  Jerry Blackwell  •  Laura Provinzino
Senior judges	John Tunheim  •  Ann Montgomery  •  Donovan Frank  •  Joan Ericksen  •  David Doty  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Wilhelmina Wright  •  Susan Richard Nelson  •  Michael James Davis (Minnesota)  •
Magistrate judges	Tony N. Leung  •  Leo Brisbois  •  Hildy Bowbeer  •  Becky R. Thorson  •  Jon Huseby  •  David Schultz  •  Elizabeth Cowan Wright  •  John Docherty  •
Former Article III judges	James Rosenbaum  •  Richard Kyle  •  Diana Murphy  •  Rensselaer Russell Nelson  •  William Lochren  •  Page Morris  •  Milton Dwight Purdy  •  Charles Andrew Willard  •  Wilbur Franklin Booth  •  William Alexander Cant  •  John Franklin McGee  •  Joseph West Molyneaux  •  John Benjamin Sanborn  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Matthew Joyce  •  Robert Cook Bell  •  George Sullivan (Minnesota)  •  Edward Devitt  •  Dennis Donovan  •  Earl Larson  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •  Philip Neville  •  Robert Renner  •
Former Chief judges	James Rosenbaum  •  John Tunheim  •  Donald Alsop  •  Paul Magnuson  •  Diana Murphy  •  Gunnar Hans Nordbye  •  Edward Devitt  •  Miles Lord  •  Harry MacLaughlin  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale •Bonner •Buckwalter •Cyr •Fernandez •Garbis •Harmon •Lee •Lindberg •Lodge •Nelson •Nottingham •Plager •Rosen •Rymer •Smith •Spatt •Thomas •VanBebber •J. Walker •V. Walker •Wiener •Wright
1990	Alito •Amon •Birch •Boudin •Cleland •Clevenger •Dubina •Hamilton •Henderson •Hood •Hornby •Jones •Kent •Levi •Loken •Lourie •Martin •McBryde •McClure •McKenna •McLaughlin •McNamee •Moreno •Mullen •Nelson •Nickerson •Niemeyer •Norton •Parker •Pickering •Rader •Rainey •Randolph •Shanstrom •Shedd •Shubb •Singleton •Skretny •Souter •Sparr •Stahl •Stamp •Suhrheinrich •Taylor •Vollmer •Ware •Wilson
1991	Albritton •Andersen •Armstrong •Arnold •Bartle •Bassler •Batchelder •Beckwith •Belot •Benson •Blackburn •Bramlette •Brody •Brody •Burrell •Carnes •Caulfield •Cauthron •Clement •Collier •Conway •Cooper •Dalzell •DeMent •DeMoss •Doherty •Echols •Edmunds •Faber •Freeh •Gaitan •Garza •Graham •Haik •Hamilton •Hansen •Hendren •Herlong •Highsmith •Hogan •Huff •Hurley •Irenas •Johnson •Joyner •Kelly •Kleinfeld •Legg •Leonard •Lewis •Longstaff •Lungstrum •Luttig •Matia •McCalla •McDade •McKeague •McKelvie •Means •Merryday •Moore •Morgan •Nielsen •Nimmons •Osteen Sr. •Padova •Payne •Reinhard •Robinson •Robreno •Roll •Roth •Schlesinger •Scullin •Siler •Solis •Sotomayor •Sparks •Stohr •Thomas •Traxler •Trimble •Ungaro •Van Sickle •Wanger •Werlein •Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird •Barbadoro •Black •Boudin •Carnes •Covello •DiClerico •Gilbert •Gonzalez •Gorton •Hansen •Heyburn •Jackson •Jacobs •Keeley •Kendall •Kopf •Kyle •Lewis •McAuliffe •McLaughlin •Melloy •Preska •Quist •Randa •Rosenthal •Rovner •Schall •Sedwick •Simandle •Stahl •Vratil •Williams