Michael Kanne

Michael Kanne

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana

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United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Successor: Joshua Kolar

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Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University, 1962

Law

Indiana University, Bloomington, Maurer School of Law, 1968

Personal

Birthplace

Rensselaer, Ind.

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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.

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.

Military service

Kanne served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965.

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.

Judicial career

Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Michael Kanne
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit
Progress
Confirmed 106 days after nomination.
ANominated: February 2, 1987
AABA Rating:
Questionnaire:
AHearing: April 28, 1987
QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: May 19, 1987
AConfirmed: May 19, 1987
AVote: Voice vote

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.

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.

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 the Illinois Parental Notice of Abortion Act of 1995. 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.

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.

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.

The suit was filed in March 2007, when Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan petitioned federal judge David Coar to lift the injunction. 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.”

Judge Kanne was joined on the three-judge panel by Judges Richard Cudahy and John Tinder.

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

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 -