William Joseph Bauer

Court

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Title

Judge

Appointed by

Gerald FordRepublican

Seat

CA70309

Nominated

Dec. 11, 1974

Committee hearing

Dec. 18, 1974

Committee action

Reported (favorably)Dec. 18, 1974

Senate vote

Voice

Confirmed

Dec. 19, 1974

Commissioned

Dec. 20, 1974

ABA rating

Well Qualified

Chief Judge from

Jan. 1, 1986until Jan. 1, 1993

Senior status

Oct. 31, 1994

Service ended

Dec. 15, 2025Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

• Aug. 23, 2022
  panel identified Sat on the panel in James Munson v. Steven M. Newbold
• Sept. 8, 2021
  panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Edward Soybel
• Sept. 1, 2021
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Mohammed Mahran v. Advocate Christ Medical Center
• Aug. 17, 2021
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Frances Rogers v. CIR
• Sept. 16, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Rumael Green
• Sept. 16, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Rumael Green
• Sept. 16, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Rumael Green
• Sept. 15, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Gerald Peeters v. Andrew Saul
• Sept. 15, 2020
  opinion issued Authored the opinion in Gerald Peeters v. Andrew Saul
• Sept. 8, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Deon Patrick v. City of Chicago
• Sept. 8, 2020
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Deon Patrick v. City of Chicago
• Dec. 18, 2019
  panel identified Sat on the panel in Christine Dancel v. Groupon, Inc.

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.