Seventh Circuit
Kenneth Francis Ripple
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Ronald ReaganRepublican
- Seat
- CA71201
- Nominated
- April 1, 1985
- Committee hearing
- April 24, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)May 2, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- May 3, 1985
- Commissioned
- May 10, 1985
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
- Senior status
- Sept. 1, 2008
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 17
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Sept. 17
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Sept. 10panel identified Sat on the panel in Yousef A. Ismail v. David Steiner
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Aug. 19panel identified Sat on the panel in Kevin Smith v. Christopher Price
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Warren Griffin
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Dominque Maxwell
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Frank Smith
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Sean Clemon
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Aug. 7opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Damond Wiley, Jr.
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Aug. 4
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July 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Mona Ghosh
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July 31opinion issued Authored the opinion in Maureen Fox v. DuPage Township
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | United States v. Damond Wiley, Jr. | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | Shannon Golat v. Audrey K. Swierawski | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 4, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Mona Ghosh | Seventh Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Maureen Fox v. DuPage Township | Seventh Circuit | July 31, 2026 |
| Opinion | Gina Wieger v. Mead Johnson & Company LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Shondera Drayton v. Mead Johnson & Company LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Alice Stills v. Mead Johnson & Company LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Terraine Abdullah v. Mead Johnson & Company LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | Holli Carter v. Mead Johnson & Company LLC | Seventh Circuit | July 28, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Eric Kendrick | Seventh Circuit | July 20, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Cornelius Jackson | Seventh Circuit | June 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | United States v. Cornelius Jackson | Seventh Circuit | June 22, 2026 |
| Opinion | Peters Broadcast Engineering, Inc. v. PEM Consulting Group, LLC | Seventh Circuit | June 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | Raymond Echevarria v. Darrin Jackson | Seventh Circuit | June 16, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Alma Sanchez v. El Milagro, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | May 27, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Marwan Mahajni v. Vu Do | Seventh Circuit | April 13, 2026 |
| Opinion | Julius H. Schoeps v. Sompo Holdings, Inc. | Seventh Circuit | Nov. 21, 2025 |
| Opinion | David Fiddler v. Pamela J. Bondi | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 7, 2025 |
| Opinion | Chosen Consulting, LLC v. Town Council of Highland, Indiana | Seventh Circuit | Aug. 1, 2025 |
| Dissent | United States v. Auston McLain | Seventh Circuit | July 30, 2025 |