Seventh Circuit
Richard Allen Posner
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
- CA70705
- Nominated
- Oct. 27, 1981
- Committee hearing
- Nov. 20, 1981
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Nov. 23, 1981
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- Nov. 24, 1981
- Commissioned
- Dec. 1, 1981
- ABA rating
- Qualified
- Chief Judge from
- Jan. 1, 1993until Jan. 1, 2000
- Service ended
- Sept. 2, 2017Retirement
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Jan. 28, 1986
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Union Carbide Corporation v. U.S. Cutting Service, Inc., in Re Industrial Gas Antitrust Litigation. Appeal of Union Carbide Corporation. Union Carbide Corporation v. The Honorable Susan Getzendanner | Seventh Circuit | Jan. 28, 1986 |