Michael S. Kanne
| Michael Kanne | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | |
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Assumed office May 20, 1987 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Jesse E. Eschbach |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | |
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In office February 9, 1982 – May 21, 1987 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Rodolfo Lozano |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Michael Stephen Kanne December 21, 1938 Rensselaer, Indiana |
| Education |
Indiana University Bloomington (B.S.) Indiana University Maurer School of Law (J.D.) |
Michael Stephen Kanne (born December 21, 1938) is a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Born in Rensselaer, Indiana, Kanne received a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1962. He served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965. He then received a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1968. He was in private practice in Rensselaer, Indiana from 1968 to 1972, working as a city attorney for the City of Rensselaer in 1972. He was a judge on the 30th Judicial Circuit of Indiana from 1972 to 1982, and was a lecturer at St. Joseph's College from 1976 to 1989, and at St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 1990 to 1991.
On December 4, 1981, Kanne was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana vacated by Judge Phil McClellan McNagny Jr.. Kanne was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1982, and received his commission on February 9, 1982. During a prosecution of the Chicago Police chief in Kanne's court, he quipped that Chicago is the "most corrupt square mile in America." His service terminated on May 21, 1987, due to elevation to the Seventh Circuit.
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